Ethical Schools
Episodes
Global citizenship education: Building on the legacy of Paulo Freire
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Dr. Torres worked closely with ...
Engaging young black men in school: What we can learn from art class (Encore)
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Don Siler, a researcher and inservice teacher educator, himself a former high school dropout, dis...
Math literacy: Every student’s right (Part 2)
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Dr. Terri Bucci of the Mathematics Literacy Initiative at OSU’s M...
Math literacy: Every student’s right
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Terri Bucci of the Mathematics Literacy Initiative at Ohio State University, Ma...
Malign neglect: School systems fail immigrant students
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Stephanie Carnes, a school social worker who has worked extensively with Central...
Leaving students behind: The tyranny of testing
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Schaeffer, Executive Director of FairTest, talks about high-stakes standardized tests as barrie...
Theory meets practice: no magic carrots
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Dr. Garrett Broad of Fordham University, talking about high school ...
Identity vs branding: The power of messiness
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part One of a two-part interview. We speak with Dr. Garrett Broad of Fordham University about socia...
Transitions to adulthood: Supporting teens with mental health issues
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Marsha Ellison and Evelyn Frankford about assisting students with serious mental he...
”No excuses” charter schools: Teaching to the script
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Joanne Golann of Vanderbilt University, author of “Scripting the Moves: Culture a...
Disrupting power structures: Organizing youth for equity in schools
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Keith Catone, executive director of CYCLE, the Center for Youth & Community Leade...
The power of happiness: A Buddhist approach to secular education
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Drs. Isabel Nuñez and Jason Goulah, editors of “Hope and Joy in Education: Engaging...
The Algebra Project: Bob Moses on math literacy as a Civil Right (Encore)
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Moses died this week. In memoriam, we repost our interview with him from February 2020. The Algeb...
Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities (Encore)
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zahava Stadler, Policy Director of EdBuild, explains how housing discrimination and state funding p...
Teaching differently about being “modern”: Questioning Western mindsets
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our guest episode of Lev Moscow’s podcast, A Correction, Professor Walter Mignolo of Duke discus...
Addressing teachers’ trauma; plus, antiracist teaching in a white classroom
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Shayla Ewing, English and drama teacher in Pekin, Illinois, about supporting teache...
The attack on public education: Will public schools survive?
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with University of South Carolina law professor Derek Black about the history of education ...
Authentic history: Too uncomfortable for white kids?
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Betty Collins, eighth grade teacher in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Ms. Collins speaks about...
Air quality in schools: At the intersection of technology and equity
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Anisa Heming and Corey Metzger of the U.S. Green Building Council and ASHRAE about a ne...
Holistic education: Joy, wellness, and rigor
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Linda Nathan of the Center for Artistry and Scholarship and the Perrone-Sizer Ins...
Black men as teachers: Recruitment, retention, development, empowerment
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Daman Harris and Dr. Inger Swimpson of Building Our Network of Diversity, the B...
Creating antiracist classrooms: Listening and other essential skills
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Steven Cohen of Tuft’s Department of Education about helping teachers to think...
Critical analysis: not just for students
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Sam Abrams of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSP...
Building communities of trust: transforming family-school relationships
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Dr. Ann Ishimaru of the University of Washington about correcting the power imbalance be...
Creative problem solving: Developing solutionary thinkers
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Zoe Weil, of the Institute for Humane Education, along with Laura Trongard, Oceansi...
Research in schools (Part 2): Safeguarding the data
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Marianna Azar, director of NYC Department of Education’s Institut...
Students as subjects: Ethical considerations of research in schools
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Marianna Azar, Director and Chair of the NYC DOE’s Institutional Review Boards. The I...
Ethical outreach: a parent coordinator anchors immigrant families
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Herminia (Ita) Saldana, parent coordinator at MS 328, a middle school in Washington Hei...
Making antiracist change: A template for educational leaders
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Sarah Diem of University of Missouri and Dr. Anjalé Welton of University of Wisco...
Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic (encore)
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As of today, March 31st, 2021, over 550,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. We’re reposting our co...
Exacerbating inequality: Private money in public schools
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Sue Winton of York University in Toronto about the effects of private money–m...
Shared visions: Creating an abolitionist school culture
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Grace Alli Brandstein, a school improvement and instructional coac...
The bigger picture: High school improvement in the Bronx
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Grace Alli Brandstein, an improvement and instructional coach with the New York City ...
Toward antiracism: The evolution of an undergraduate teacher ed program
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Marsha Daria of Western Connecticut State University. Dr. Daria teaches undergradua...
Teaching the “isms”: Students’ lived experiences in context
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Jillian McRae and Sam North, English and history teachers at Ossining (NY) High Sc...
Antiracist school leadership: Courage and commitment
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bradley Carpenter, associate professor of educational leadership at Baylor University, speaks a...
Early childhood education: It is play, but it is not “babysitting”
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Michele Washington, longtime early childhood lecturer at Lehman College, about expertis...
Student record privacy: Danger looms from police and hackers
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Mark Lieberman, Education Week tech reporter. Pasco County FL schools give the sheriff ...
Districtwide decisions: Day to day ethical considerations
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dan Callahan, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education in Peekskill City Scho...
UPDATE: Moving toward admissions equity and culture change at Manhattan’s Beacon High School
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Beacon PTA members Toni Smith-Thompson and Robin Broshi about NYC’s new requirements ...
Systemic racism in special education: Parent participation legitimizes inequities
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with LaToya Baldwin Clark of UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clark e...
Policing attendance boundaries: Education as private property
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. LaToya Baldwin Clark, assistant professor at UCLA School of Law. Dr. Baldwin Clar...
Supporting English Learners: pandemic and post-pandemic solutions
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Julie Sugarman of the Migration Policy Institute about meeting the needs of English...
Students as experts: Diversity, equity, and inclusion
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Judith King-Calnek, United Nations International School’s first Director of Div...
Dodging responsibility for our children: Reducing learning to test scores
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Samuel E. Abrams of Teachers College, Columbia University. The root problems in K12 edu...
Students doing original research: Project-based learning in Ohio
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with middle school teachers, Debbie Holecko and Claudia Bestor, and their former student, ...
Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part Two)
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our conversation with Dr. Edwin Mayorga of Swarthmore College. We discuss the corporatiz...
Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part One)
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Swarthmore’s Dr. Edwin Mayorga, who explains how abolitionist classrooms and schools...
BIPOC and undocumented: A trauma-filled intersection
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christiana Best, who spent thirty years in the New York City child welfare system before becoming...
The impact of deportation policies on Latinx students’ mental health
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Randy Capps, Director of Research for U.S. Programs at the Migration Policy Institute, surveyed L...
Empowering school counselors to support struggling students
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer of Harvard Graduate School of Education sees counselors as schools’ academ...
Holistic history: The African diaspora
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kim Butler, who leads Rutgers’s Africana Studies program, says that while we usually teach...
Students leading change: Inclusiveness at an elite school
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey Cervellino Thorp and Naima Moffett-Warden teach drama at Manhattan’s famed LaGuardia High ...
Teaching economics as political and ethical choices
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Lev Moscow of the Beacon School to discuss his approach to teaching political econom...
Education denied: What should reparations look like?
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daarel Burnette II of Education Week delves into the history of Black communities demanding educati...
Identity-focused classes: Experiments in cultural relevance
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Dr. Emily Penner, who studied the impacts of two programs in which students delved in...
Practicing ethics: Case studies
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Meira Levinson, Professor of Education at Harvard, about her website justiceinschools....
Parent voice: Supporting families with special needs
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen McHugh, long time activist and Public Advocate Williams’s appointee to the NYC Citywide Coun...
Antiracism: Lessons for the classroom and faculty lounge
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Mica Pollock about US vs Hate and Schooltalk. Student anti-racism messaging in any me...
Consumption as ethics: Talking with students about food
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Monica Chen of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. She describes the animal-agricult...
Busting out of the classroom: Connecting local history to everyday life
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social studies teacher David Edelman and student Raúl Baez speak about their class’s “Virtual W...
Food injustice: The corporatization of school meals
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Monica Chen, veteran teacher and executive director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalit...
Audit culture: The dehumanization of education
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
World renowned educational consultant Bill Stroud talks about schooling within our capitalist cultur...
Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids – Part 2
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three generatio...
Supporting student civic activism: Social studies on steroids – Part 1
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Alan Singer, Dr. Pablo Muriel, and Gates Millennium Scholar Dennis Belen-Morales, three gener...
Police and metal detectors in schools: Student perspectives
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nia Morgan and Anahi Ortiz Fierros of Urban Youth Collaborative describe how police and metal detecto...
*UPDATE* Civics education: A Constitutional right?
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last year we interviewed Mark Santow, one of the plaintiffs suing the State of Rhode Island under the...
Too Late For Reform: Abolishing the Police in Schools
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni Smith-Thompson, Senior Organizer at NY Civil Liberties Union, discusses the importance of replac...
Savage inequalities: How school funding intentionally privileges white, wealthy communities
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zahava Stadler, Policy Director of EdBuild, explains how housing discrimination and state funding p...
Reimagining college admissions: Performance assessment pilot at CUNY
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michelle Fine speaks about better alternatives to standardized tests for students to demonstr...
Students demand equity and inclusion: call for admissions, curriculum, counseling changes
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manhattan’s Beacon High School students are fighting for racial equity in NYC’s highly segregated...
Crises and opportunity: A holistic approach to supporting and empowering youth
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In light of the pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted BIPOC, and BLM uprisings, we’re rev...
Challenging hierarchies: The role of the social justice teacher educator
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sherry Deckman speaks about creating classroom environments that challenge cultural and social hi...
Why teach history? Knowing “why” shapes “how”
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Miller, who taught in progressive NYC secondary schools for 28 years, talks about teaching s...
Therapeutic crisis intervention: a consultant’s role in creating an ethical school culture
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Misha Thomas, longtime consultant with Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools, discusses how sch...
The principal as “keeper of the vision”: Fostering and protecting an ethical community
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Herman, founding principal of East Side Community H.S, now at Bank Street College, raises esse...
Student stories: SEL through writing and sharing lived experiences
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Hefner and Betsy Cohen of Youth Communication discuss their 40-year-old organization. Professio...
Grief and loss: Supporting students, families, and teachers in a pandemic
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cynthia Trapanese, a teacher who spent 17 years as a pediatric chaplain, observes that we are all gri...
Multicultural Education: Challenges and Aspirations
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with New York State Regent Luis O. Reyes on the evolution of multilingual education in New Y...
Gender Inclusivity: Where Science and Ethics Intersect
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with high school science teachers and trans men, Sam Long and Lewis Maday-Travis, who have d...
Emotionally Responsive Education: “inviting and containing”
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Blachly of Bank Street’s Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice describes how to fit m...
Lev Moscow offers advice for secondary school teachers
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We interview Lev Moscow who, for the last 14 years, has taught history and economics at The Beacon Sch...