Latest Episodes

Supporting Black and Indigenous educators: Creatively developing community in Washington state
We speak with Danielle Bryant, Director of Equity at Capital Region Educational Service District 113. Ms Bryant helps to break down isolation of Black...
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Going deep: Student-directed learning in Performance Standards Consortium schools
We speak with Adam Grumbach, social studies program coordinator of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, and Naseem Haamid, a law student who attended...
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Rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline: Advancing justice and academic outcomes
Ansharaye Hines and Mimi McKee of the Center for Black Educator Development discuss how the presence of highly qualified Black teachers supports students’ educational...

High stakes: Teaching to the tests in K-12
We continue our conversation with Harry Feder of FairTest. This time, we discuss high stakes tests in K-12 schools. Harry explains how tests and...

SATs and the illusion of fairness
We speak with Harry Feder of FairTest, an organization that advocates for fair and open testing, about the reinstitution of standardized test requirements at...

Early intervention: Model assessment center reduces youth arrests
Steve Evangelista, longtime NYC educator, and Anthony Celestine, director of the Office of Juvenile Justice Services at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, talk about Calcasieu’s Multi-Agency...