All episode recaps

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S1E7: They Carried Us: Black Women Who Built the Black Teacher Pipeline

Ed Post Conversations

E12: Post Pandemic Reading Recovery For Young Learners (Ft. Susan Lambert)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E38: African-American Studies Is Not Just for Higher Education (ft. Dr. Ifetayo Flannery)

E11: Industry Partners Bring Career and Technical Education Into the 21st Century (Ft. Cory Torppa)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E37: What Does It Mean To Be American? (Ft. Dr. Greg Carr)

Ed Post Conversations

E10: Why Character Counts in Schools (ft. Arthur Schwartz)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E36: Let Black Men Be Heard in Education (ft. Jason B. Allen)

Ed Post Conversations

E9: Meet a Newly-Elected School Board Member Fighting for Inclusion and Disability Justice

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E35: Black Revolutionary Love (ft. Dr. Martin Ryder & Janet Ryder)

Ed Post Conversations

E8: Fighting Misinformation with News Literacy

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

We Need Revolutionary Teachers! (ft. Abdul Wright)

Ed Post Conversations

E7: We Had Black Teachers Until Jim Crow Fired Them

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

How the media covers education (ft. Chris Stewart)

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Building the Black Educator Pipeline

It’s an intergenerational vibe (ft. Black Men Educators)

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Building the Black Educator Pipeline

The quest to rebuild the black teacher pipeline (ft. Sharif El-Mekki)

Ed Post Conversations

Why boys should start school a year later than girls

S2E29: The Marriage Between Education and Legislation (ft. Rep. Jordan Harris and Tomás Hanna)
Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E29: The Marriage Between Education and Legislation (ft. Rep. Jordan Harris and Tomás Hanna)

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S2E28: Celebrating and elevating the principles of Kwanzaa in education (ft. Dr. Maulana Karenga)

Not enough of us have belief in our leadership ability (ft. Amanda Fernandez)

S2E27: Believing in our leadership ability (ft. Amanda Fernandez)

E4: Why the Education Department Scrapped a Parent Council
Ed Post Conversations

E4: Why the Education Department Scrapped a Parent Council

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E26: Unapologetically Black Leadership That Endures (ft. Sandra Dungee Glenn)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2 E25: Continuing the Legacy of Education and Liberation (ft.Ilyasah Shabazz)

S1E6: How Black Teachers Can Tell the Truth About Thanksgiving

S2 E24: Brothers Supporting Brothers: The Power of Mentorship (ft. Winston Cox & Dr. William Hayes)
Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2 E24: Brothers Supporting Brothers: The Power of Mentorship (ft. Winston Cox & Dr. William Hayes)

S2:E23 Resisting and Internalizing: Unpacking Bias (ft. Jéri Ogden)
Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2:E23 Resisting and Internalizing: Unpacking Bias (ft. Jéri Ogden)

S2:E22 The Impact of the Elections on Education (Dr. Greg Carr)
Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2:E22 The Impact of the Elections on Education (Dr. Greg Carr)

E2: Education Isn’t Going to Sell Itself
Ed Post Conversations

E2: Education Isn’t Going to Sell Itself

S2E21:Black Educators and Public School Reform for Philadelphia (ft. Camika Royal)
Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E21:Black Educators and Public School Reform for Philadelphia (ft. Camika Royal)

E1:Reading Curriculum Casualties
Ed Post Conversations

E1:Reading Curriculum Casualties

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E20: Respect Our Existence or Expect Our Resistance (ft. Edwin Mayorga)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S1E5: Abbott Elementary - Why We Need Black Teachers Ft. Joyce Abbott

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

“It’s the Genius for Me” - Empowering Youth Through Education (Ft. Dr. Gholdy Muhammad)

S2E17: Be the Change You Want To See (ft. Kurt Russell, National Teacher of the Year)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E13: The Constitutional Fight for a Quality Education (ft. Dr. Greg Carr)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

Accelerating Black Achievement Through a Black Teacher Pipeline (ft. Dr. Constance A Lindsay)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E12: Voices of Future Black Educators (ft. Christian Sabree & Maleah Thomas-Thornton)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E11: Education for Liberation (ft. Debra Watkins)

LGBT youth youth activism

Creating supportive and inclusive spaces for LGBTQIA+ students (ft. Frankie Smith and Andrea Rogers)

Building the Black Educator Pipeline

S2E6: A Critical Time for Black Educational Leadership (ft. Dr. William Hayes)

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S2E5: The Reality of Building the Black Educator Pipeline (ft. Dr. Greg Carr)

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S2E3: Mothers of the Movement (ft. Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza)

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S2E2: Black Liberatory Education (ft. Ansharaye Hines & Brandon White)

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S2E1: Let's Celebrate and Elevate Black Teachers! (ft. Dr. Greg Carr)

Episode 41: How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis (ft. Lakisha Young, Dirk Tillotson, and Kareem Weaver)
Great School Voices Literacy

Episode 41: How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis (ft. Lakisha Young, Dirk Tillotson, and Kareem Weaver)

COVID-19 Recovery COVID-19

Episode 39: The Impact of COVID-19 on Latino Families (ft. Lorena Lopera)

COVID-19 homeschooling

Episode 37: Unexpected Homeschool Mom (ft. Kerline Wright)

internet access

Episode 36: Getting Free Internet to Families Who Need It Most (ft. Dirk Tillotson)

education reform

Episode 35: Talk Less (ft. Howard Fuller)

Secret Shame

Episode 34: The Secret Shame of Progressive Cities (ft. Chris Stewart)

Black Male Educators for Social Justice

Episode 33: No Country For Black Men (feat. Dr. Kimberly Underwood & Dr. Eddie Moore Jr.)

educational equity

Episode 32: The Strength To Let Kids Struggle (feat. Dr. Sonja Santelises)

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Episode 31: Go Yonkers! Go Philly! (feat. Tracy Fray-Oliver & Derek S. Mitchell, Ph.D.)

education policy

Episode 30: We Chat About Democratic Candidates and Education (feat. Conor Williams)

education reform

Episode 29: The White Progressive’s Dilemma

Charter Schools School Choice

Episode 28: Once a Parent Activist, Always a Parent Activist (feat. Chris Stewart)

standardized testing college admissions

Episode 27: Is Your State Serving Black Students? (ft. EdTrust)

Teachers Unions students

Episode 26: Making Sex With Students a Crime (ft. Erika Sanzi)

Episode 25: Should Public Dollars Go Towards Private School Choice?

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Diversity licensing

Episode 24: Strengthening and Diversifying the Teacher Workforce ft. Kate Walsh

Ikhlas Saleem Lane Wright

Episode 23: The Opportunity Myth

Episode 22: Live From the Black Male Educators Convening (Part II feat. Peggy Brookins)

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Episode 21: Live From the Black Male Educators Convening (Part I feat. Dr. William Hite)

Episode 20: We Talk About Florida and the Charter School Beatdown (feat. Sam Duell)

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Black students Achievement Gap

Episode 19: Football and Literacy (feat. Vesia Wilson-Hawkins)

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Episode 18: 'Hard Words' (feat. Emily Hanford)

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Episode 17: We Talk About 'America to Me' (ft. LeeAndra Khan and Tracy Dell’Angela)

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Episode 16: Back To School (ft. Samantha Brown Olivieri)

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Episode 15: When School Discipline and Implicit Bias Collide (ft. Miriam Rollin and Sharif El-Mekki)

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Episode 14: The Stripping Away of Civil Rights (ft. Laura Waters)

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School Choice Ikhlas Saleem

Episode 13: Choosing a Good School for Your Kid

Mentoring Teacher Voice

Episode 12: Why Youth Mentoring Increases Opportunities for Kids

Episode 11: We Take a Trip to Denver! (ft. Susana Cordova)

Episode 10: What Every First-Generation College Student Needs to Know

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Episode 09: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of MLK's Assassination

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NAACP School Choice

Episode 08: The Best and Worst Moments of 2017

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Episode 07: Millennials in Education

School Choice Lane Wright

Episode 06: Lane Took a Trip to Qatar and Then Found KIPP (ft. Mike Feinberg)

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Episode 05: A Trip to Planet Mom (ft. Erika Sanzi and Keri Rodrigues)

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Student Voice The Education Trust

Episode 04: #TeachtheBabies (ft. David Johns and Dr. John King)

Ikhlas Saleem Diversity

Episode 03: Why We Need More Black Male Educators (ft. Sharif El-Mekki and Vincent Cobb II)

Principals Chicago

Episode 02: What Do Principals Do All Day?

parent Badass Teachers Association

Episode 01: How’d You Get Into Education Anyway?

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