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Teacher Leslie Pigozzi, a multilingual learner herself, understands her students’ experience, processing, and the value of making mistakes. Hear as she shares how she affirms her students’ linguistic diversity and cultivates an abundance mindset.

Listen to Gary Briggs and Joshua Martinez, two former educators currently on NTC’s Professional Learning Systems team, speak about the challenges of addressing the commitment to reexamine your ideas of who the stakeholders are in your ecosystem.

Aurora Juarez Lopez, 18, is a recent graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Aurora’s family immigrated from Mexico and she grew up in a Spanish-speaking household. As the oldest of three children, she wants to be a role model for her younger sisters who are 15 and 4. Aurora shares her experience translating for her family, her thoughts on what teachers can do to suppo...

High school seniors Grace Ayena and Mikayah Cheeks are part of the Chicago Public School's Student Voice Committees. Run through CPS’s Department of Equity, the student voice committees aim to give upper elementary through high school students leadership opportunities, improve school climate, and foster communication between adults and students. In addition to being active members of the student v...

Sixteen-year-old Alizea Daniels shares her experiences moving from a small school in a rural community on a reservation to a bigger middle school in a town of 40,000 in Northern Idaho. As a member of the Coeur d'Alene and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, she also reflects on being an Indigenous student at a predominantly white high school and offers advice on how teachers can help Native s...

Jonathan Fratz, 16, has more accomplishments on his LinkedIn as a 10th grader than most adults. Last year, Jonathan made a big change from middle school as he started at San Pedro Senior High School in San Pedro, California, part of the Los Angeles School District, in the middle of the pandemic. As a student with autism, he is passionate about advocating for his fellow students with disabilities i...

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We close out our Revolution podcast series with a synthesizing conversation between Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall, from Education Trust, and Atyani Howard, with New Teacher Center. Tanji and Atyani reflect on key learnings from the past six months, distill the learnings down into actions, and offer insights into where our education discussions might go next. They also remind us that the intellect of eve...

In this bonus episode, hear from teacher Chrystal Seawood on how she builds relationships with students through deeply understanding who they are as students. She shares how she led with vulnerability through transitions brought on by the pandemic. Listen in to hear ways you can join Chrystal in following the breadcrumbs your students drop to show you who they truly are.

The revolution for our students must come through a focus on their learning and a pedagogy of empowerment. Join Zaretta Hammond and Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall on this episode to hear how teachers and leaders can ensure students are being given the cognitive tools to take agency of their own learning. Listen in as they explore a framework for getting ready for rigor, important leadership shifts to sup...

How do systems leaders remain grounded in the best practices for ensuring equity for each students in their schools? In this podcast, Dr. Lillian Lowery, Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessment at Educational Testing Service, shares strategies that systems leaders can leverage to support schools and teachers in remaining student-centered. She speaks to the importance of systems leaders ga...

How does our country need to change systems and structures to better support a diverse educator workforce? Eric Duncan, Senior Data and Policy Analyst on the P-12 team at The Education Trust, shares how to gather the data needed to move forward in recruiting, hiring, and creating an environment where educators of color thrive. He will share specific ways Boston Public Schools changed their policie...

Professional learning needs to be cohesive and situated in the work of educators to be effective. Atyani Howard, Chief Program Officer for New Teacher Center, shares how we are exploring new ways to work with our partners in response to the context our educators and students are living in today.  Atyani pushes us to consider how critical it is to know the story of students in order to keep st...

How do we revolutionize relationships for students in our schools? Karen Pittman, Co-founder, President, and CEO for the Forum for Youth Investment, explores this idea and the role of community in our second Revolution podcast. Karen reinforces how learning has always been and will always be social and emotional, and it's the role of adults to create safe environments for our young people. Karen e...