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Amy and Jon talk with educational innovators about creating ethical learning environments. Tune in weekly!
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As teachers and learners, we can construct a shared set of values based on our experiential realities and come to understand these realities in coherent terms. (3/3)

#EduSky #Dewey #MaxineGreene #EleanorDuckworth

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Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth
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December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Dr. Mayer defines pragmatism in today’s world and discusses the importance of critical exploration, democratic construction of knowledge, and openness to diversity of perspectives in the classroom. (2/3)

#EduSky #K12 #Education #EdChat #Classroom #Teachers

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Pragmatism in the classroom: Lessons from Dewey, Maxine Greene, and Eleanor Duckworth
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December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Debbie and Jane discuss these ground-breaking schools, their ethical foundations, the “habits of mind” they worked to instill, and the challenges they faced.

*This is Part One of a two part episode.

#BLM #CPESS #Teaching #SchoolLeadership #Principals #TeacherEd

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The pioneers: Democracy front and center (Part One)
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October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We discuss the need for school- and district-wide education and policies on using AI in teaching and learning.
#edusky

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Technology and ethics: AI and the classroom
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October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We discuss Tom’s book, Teach for Climate Justice: A Vision for Transforming Education. Tom explains that climate chaos and social justice are inextricably linked, and proposes a program for addressing both. He centers the concept of the beloved community. (2/2)

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Climate justice: A transformational education and engagement project - Ethical Schools
We speak with Tom Roderick, founding executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility; Jan Zuckerman, Co-founder of Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland, Oregon; a...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We discuss the often overlooked, "life-changing" value of ethnographic approaches for teachers. Dr. Ballenger shares her work with the children she calls “puzzling" and the importance of "stopping time" for reflection. (2/2)

#EduSky #socialemotionallearning

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Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student - Ethical Schools
We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based te...
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August 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dr. Ballenger also addresses the children she calls “puzzling.” Each of them has something to offer, she says, even those who seemingly have social-emotional challenges. (3/3)

#edusky #k12 #teaching #inquirybasedlearning

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Teachers as Interpreters: Listening to Every Student - Ethical Schools
We speak with Dr. Cynthia Ballenger about her recent book, "Teaching is Inquiry: Observation and Reflection as the Heart of Practice,” in which she explores the role of ethnography in inquiry-based te...
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August 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
She uses hip hop as a way to communicate with students and composite counter stories to communicate beyond the academy.
#edusky

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Hip Hop in the classroom: Reaching students where they are - Ethical Schools
We speak with Dr. Dawn Hicks Tafari, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Elementary Education at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Dawn is author of "The Journey of Kamau Miller:...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you very much, Steven! Let's fight back.
July 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Agastya has a hub-and-spokes design, with an elaborate 172-acre campus outside Bangalore and a fleet of mobile vans and bicycles delivering science and art programming to poor and rural children in far-flung towns and villages. (2/2) #edusky

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Mobile Creativity Labs: Scaling STEAM Across India
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May 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Dr. Klein describes how parents and teachers should build children’s resilience BEFORE anything frightening or traumatic occurs. Children and teens need to know they will never be alone, that their parents or trusted adults will always be there for them. (2/2)

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Resilience: Preparing Children to Weather Traumatic Events
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May 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM