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Kym Vanderbilt on ethical early childhood teacher preparation
We interview Kym Vanderbilt, Lecturer and Professional Development Liaison in the Early Childhood/Childhood Department at CUNY/Lehman College. Kym describes her students’ concerns about meeting...
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Anna Allanbrook on Brooklyn New School: Centering children, marginalizing tests
We speak with Anna Allanbrook, longtime principal of Brooklyn New School (BNS). Learning at BNS is inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary. As well, BNS is known...
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David Kirkland on New York’s State’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework
We speak with Dr. David E. Kirkland, Executive Director of NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools. A leading...
Norman Fruchter on the pioneering alternative high school he and colleagues built in Newark in the 1970s
We speak with Norm Fruchter, long-time educational activist and thought leader, about Independence School, an experimental high school where the ideal was that someone...
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Soledad Hiciano on nurturing and educating immigrant children in an age of deportation and deprivation
We speak with Soledad Hiciano, executive director of Community Association of Progressive Dominicans (ACDP), a multi-service community organization in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx....
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David C. Bloomfield on why we need a revolution in attitude to see education as a social good rather than an individual property right
We speak with Dr. David C. Bloomfield, Professor of Education Leadership. Law & Policy at Brooklyn College. David Bloomfield condemns the social Darwinism and...