Educate Everyone

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joe Atman talks ith Dr. Nelva Lee.  She is the Founder and CEO of Concrete Build Financing. Dr. Lee was also the CEO of a vocational school for 20 years, has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and over 10 years in academia as an adjunct professor for various Universities.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joseph Atman continues his conversation with Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon, She is Dean’s Professor in Educational Equity at USC Rossier School of Education and Director of the Center for Urban Education, which she founded in 1999. With a singular focus on increasing racial equity in higher education outcomes for students of color, she developed the Equity Scorecard—a process for using inquiry to drive changes in institutional practice and culture. Dr. Bensimon has published extensively about equity, organizational learning, practitioner inquiry and change. 

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon is Dean’s Professor in Educational Equity at USC Rossier School of Education and Director of the Center for Urban Education, which she founded in 1999. With a singular focus on increasing racial equity in higher education outcomes for students of color, she developed the Equity Scorecard—a process for using inquiry to drive changes in institutional practice and culture. Dr. Bensimon has published extensively about equity, organizational learning, practitioner inquiry and change. 

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Education Everyone, Dr Joseph Atman continues his discussion with Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson.  Dr. Tomlinson is the William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on differentiated instruction. A former public school teacher and Virginia’s 1974 Teacher of the Year, she has authored over 300 works to help educators meet the needs of diverse learners. Her influence is global, and in 2023 she was ranked among the top curriculum scholars shaping public education discourse.  She and Dr. Atman talk compare the adventof computers in the classroom with the current introduction of AI and how the technology has the power to once again change classroom dynamics and education itself.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

On this episode of Education Everyone, Dr Joseph Atman talks with Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson.  Dr. Tomlinson is the William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on differentiated instruction. A former public school teacher and Virginia’s 1974 Teacher of the Year, she has authored over 300 works to help educators meet the needs of diverse learners. Her influence is global, and in 2023 she was ranked among the top curriculum scholars shaping public education discourse.  She and Dr. Atman talk about her many experiences with children and how she discovered incorporated the idea that every child needs to be seen into her teaching. 

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Atman talks with Gina Lee. She's an independent college counselor who helps U.S. and international students find their best-fit colleges. A former Director of College Counseling, she guides students to craft authentic stories and pursue their goals with confidence. In this episode, she and Dr. Atman talk about the mismatch that often occurs between what a college says it teaches and what in reality a student is walking away with.  

You can find out more about Gina Lee here.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Atman talks with Gina Lee. She's an independent college counselor who helps U.S. and international students find their best-fit colleges. A former Director of College Counseling, she guides students to craft authentic stories and pursue their goals with confidence. In this episode, she and Dr. Atman talk about the mismatch that often occurs between what a college says it teaches and what in reality a student is walking away with.  

You can find out more about Gina Lee here.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joe Atman continues his discussion with Phalana Tiller.  She's the Vice President of Bendable Labs, a social purpose corporation dedicated to improving the economic welfare of individuals across the United States, Phalana Tiller leads the Harbor Freight Leadership Lab, a program designed to strengthen K-12 skilled trades education by honing the skills of emerging leaders. She is passionate about cultivating empathy and agency in learners of all ages.  In this part of the conversation, the topic turns to college and how it's become the obligatory next step after high school for anyone who wants to succeed, but is it really the right step for everyone.  Phalana Tiller talks about a revolutionary program that is an alternative to college and provides a targeted progression for people wanting to go into skilled trades.  It was so powerful that several people on the tour she took were moved to tears by the possibilities it presented for young people to make the lives they were dreaming of.

You can find out more about Phalana Tiller and Bendable Labs here.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joe Atman talks with Phalana Tiller.  She's the Vice President of Bendable Labs, a social purpose corporation dedicated to improving the economic welfare of individuals across the United States, Phalana Tiller leads the Harbor Freight Leadership Lab, a program designed to strengthen K-12 skilled trades education by honing the skills of emerging leaders. She is passionate about cultivating empathy and agency in learners of all ages. It's a conversation that shows how technology and learning can easily come together when communities focus in on the opportunities that are readily available online.

You can find out more about Phalana Tiller and Bendable Labs here.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music. 

In this episode of Educate Everyone, Dr. Joseph Atman talks with Dean Pedro Noguera of the USC Rossier School of Education and a Distinguished Professor of Education. A leading sociologist, he studies how social and economic conditions shape schools and student outcomes. The conversation explores the current state of education in the U.S. and Dr. Norguera's comparisons to education in other countries as the two educators compare ideas for making education more accessible and equitable for all students.

You can learn more about Dr. Noguera here.

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Dr Atman has written several books on education.  You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village.  Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music.