Building Knowledge

Today we are chatting with children’s author, Jennifer Elvgren. A former print journalist, Jennifer’s children’s books have received the Andersen Prize, The Américas Award, The Prairie Pasque Award, a Sydney Taylor award, and a Jane Addams award. Her work has also appeared on the ALA Children’s Notable Book and Bank Street College Best Books lists. 

When she was asked to write a children’s biography about Helen, Jennifer accepted with a happy heart. She tried to tell Helen’s story beyond the well-house pump and highlight her support of Suffragists, the African American community and her world-wide work for people with disabilities.  

Jennifer lives in Albemarle County, Virginia, with her family, Bronte the rescue Foxhound, Chance the rescue cat, Winslow the rescue donkey and Gatsby the American Paint horse. Her website is: www.jenniferelvgren.com.

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In this episode we are talking with Nancy Churnin a children’s book author who wrote two books for our new biography series, Voices in History. Nancy discusses how she went about researching Thomas Edison and Elizabeth Freeman as well as her other books coming out this year. Here is her website to learn more: https://www.nancychurnin.com/

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In honor of July 4th, we are revisiting a podcast from last fall where we spoke with Lisa Malaquin Prey, who while teaching in a Core Knowledge school, became a citizen of the United States. Lisa shares her story with us and how Core Knowledge helped her on her journey. Here is the link to the video Lisa refers to in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HGHdFmu5GU

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In this episode we are chatting with Kathy Erskine, a children’s book author who wrote a biography on Abraham Lincoln for our series, Voices in History. Kathy shares with us the qualities that she thinks President Lincoln had that made him a hero as well as talks about her new books that are being released this year. You can learn more about Kathy’s other books at kathyerskine.com. 

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In this episode we are chatting with Silvia Lopez, children’s book author and one of the authors featured in our new biography series: Voices in History. Silvia wrote about Federico Fernanadez Cavada, a ‘spy’ in the Civil War and so much more. Listen and learn more about Cavada a true hero. If you are interested in more books by Silvia here is here website: https://www.silvialopezbooks.com/. 

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This summer our podcasts are going to be centered around our new biography series, Voices in History. To kick things off we are talking with the editor of the series, Rosie McCormick.

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At the end of the school year, we are all tired and need to listen to something uplifting and inspiring. I had the honor and privilege to interview three amazing 8th grade scholars from Candeo School which is just outside of Phoenix, AZ. As a former teacher I was awed by their posed and insightfulness as well as the vocabulary they used. These scholars are rockstars. This episode is long, but it will definitely a put a smile on your face and well worth a listen.

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In this episode, we are talking with Casey Churchill principal at Liberty Common School, Aristotle Campus. Casey shares with us the reasons behind expansion of Liberty Common into two campuses as well as some of the successes and challenges with replicating a Core Knowledge School. 

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In this episode with chatting with Dr. E.D. Hirsch, Jr. At 95 he is not slowing down. He share his thoughts on the Science of Reading, the importance of shared knowledge and much more.

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In this episode we are talking with Dr. Heather Peske from the National Council for Teacher Quality about their study regarding Building Knowledge in Teacher Preparation Programs: https://www.nctq.org/review/standard/Building-Content-Knowledge#overview

Dr. Heather Peske joined NCTQ as President in May 2022. She comes to NCTQ from her role as Senior Associate Commissioner for Instructional Support in the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) where she implemented policies and programs across teacher development, educator preparation, and curriculum and instruction that drove historic improvements for students—including record graduation rates, the highest rating NAEP performance, and dramatic increases in higher-education participation and success. After having started her career as an elementary teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dr. Peske served as Director of Teacher Quality at The Education Trust and later as the Vice President of Programs at Teach Plus. Over her three decades in education, she has been named a "Future Chief" by Chiefs for Change (2021), a Broad Academy Fellow (2019), and a recipient of the Governor Paul Cellucci Award for Leadership and Mentoring in State Government (2017). Dr. Peske earned her master's degree and doctorate in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She graduated with her bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with magna cum laude honors.

Dr. Peske is a coauthor of the award-winning book, Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in Our Schools and co-editor of Learning from the Experts: Teacher Leaders on Solving America's Education Challenges and has written reports and articles on teacher policy, teacher evaluation, alternative certification programs, new teachers' experiences, and conceptions of career.

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