Shared visions: Creating an abolitionist school culture

We continue our conversation with Grace Alli Brandstein, a school improvement and instructional coach supporting struggling high schools in the Bronx. This week, Ms. Brandstein focuses on humane, antiracist education, and explains Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s construct of literacy as identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy. She also speaks about the conditions for successful adult learning, giving teachers the training they need to lead one another and the space to coalesce around a shared vision, expectations, and protocols. Overview 00:00-00:58 Intros00:58:-03:59 Coaching: whom, theory of action, teachers’ feelings03:59-09:56 Key elements of school improvement09:56-13:12 Adult learning13:12-15:04 Self-reflection and culturally-responsive teaching: importance of knowing the “why”15:04-21:30 Culturally responsive education in practice; Dr. Gholdy Muhammad21:30-29:36 Examples: a biology lesson on testosterone;  Project Soapbox; Facing History; 1619 Project; NY Times writing curriculum29:36-34:00 Bettina L. Love: We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom34:00-35:35 Culturally responsive education: Adult learning, classroom level work, systemic change35:35-37:45 Outro Transcript Click here to see the full transcript of this episode. <...

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