Educate U.S.

In this episode, Nick, Stacey & Patrice look back at the past year of 'Educate U.S.' as they reach the one year anniversary of their show.

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Our guest this week is Lori Heisler, who has been in education for over 20 years, as a teacher, a Dean, and an Asst. Principal. She is currently a coach and consultant, who specializes in creating more equitable and inclusive classrooms, as well as helping schools become more trauma informed.  Lori serves in her local chapter of Moms Demand Action, an organization that focuses on ending gun violence through responsible gun ownership and advocating for stronger gun laws to ensure the safety of everyone. 

Here are a few resources mentioned in this episode -

Research on Gun Violence & Prevention:

https://momsdemandaction.org/

https://everytownresearch.org/

https://giffords.org/

https://www.bradyunited.org/

https://actionnetwork.org/groups/csgv

https://as.vanderbilt.edu/medicine-health-society/gun-violence-research/

Text READY to 64433  to join the millions of Americans who are fighting back against the gun lobby's dangerous agenda.

Follow Lori at https://www.loriheisler.com or on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriheisler/

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From efforts to defund public schools to a new bill allowing religious figures to work in public schools, Florida continues to make headlines with their education laws. To make sense of all this, we are re-joined by Lissette Fernandez and Dr. Vanessa Brito from Moms For Libros. To learn more about Moms For Libros, visit their website or Linktree.

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Friend of the pod, Akil Bello, returns to chat about the current realities in college admissions and higher education. Akil is the Senior Director of Advocacy & Advancement at FairTest, a consultant & analyst for education policy, and a strategic advisor for the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative. Articles mentioned in this episode -

• https://akilbello.com/2024/02/29/cutting-room-the-misguided-war-on-test-optional/
• https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/04/26/nyc-opt-out-rate-doubled-in-the-wake-of-the-pandemic/?utm_source=Chalkbeat&utm_campaign=0fa935ecd7-Tennessee+How+Tennessees+legislature+handled+educa&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9091015053-0fa935ecd7-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=0fa935ecd7&mc_eid=57211a336c

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Nick & Patrice are joined by Kim Parker, Director of Social trends research at the Pew Research Center. Kim breaks down the recent data that Pew has collected on America’s teachers. Kim oversees research on emerging social and demographic trends, manages major survey projects, and writes and edits reports. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, she worked as a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.

To learn more about Kim’s work at the Pew Research Center, click here.

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The crew is reunited as Patrice returns from vacation, and they share and discuss recent articles and media clips focused around DEI and education laws (by state).  

Here are the articles and full clip discussed in the episode -

• “Didn't Earn It”: Right-wing cable news and online influencers amplify the latest attacks on DEI”
• Charlamagne Tha God Has An Issue with DEI (from YouTube)
• America has legislated itself into competing red, blue versions of education

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Nick & Stacey are joined by Founder & CEO of Charter School Business Management, as well as the FOREsight Financial Services for Good, Raj Thakkar, for a conversation on charter schools & more. Raj is also the author of fiscally seCURE: prepare, protect & propel your CHARTER SCHOOL with responsible financial management. 

Follow Raj & his work at -

• CSBM.com 
• Foresight.nyc
• Raj on LinkedIn

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Stacey and Nick talk to Cathlin Goulding, a co-founder of the Yuri Education Project, which helps educators tell a more complete narrative of history, aiming to build coalitions and understanding across diverse communities. The organization helps schools design curriculum with a focus on Asian American History. To learn more about Cathlin’s work, be sure to visit YuriEducationProject.com, as well as her website, https://www.cathlingoulding.com/

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Nick is joined by Lissette Fernandez and Vanessa Brito, Ph.D., who lead 'Moms For Libros', an advocacy group that helps families in Miami understand & combat the efforts to ban books and harm public education. In this episode, we learn more about their organization and the political battles they’re taking on in Florida.

To learn more about Moms For Libros, visit their website or Linktree

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