Ethical Schools

We talk with MacArthur “genius” award winner Deborah Meier, a founder of the small schools movement, about what makes a good school. She talks about how to build and maintain trust and mutual respect among students, teachers, and families.

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Find more about Deborah on deborahmeier.com

Overview

00:00-02:09 Intros

02:10-03:24 What is an ethical school?

03:25-04:48 Transparency

04:49-06:31 Centering families in secondary school

06:32-09:54 School as an intergenerational community

09:55-12:39 Advisory

12:40-16:11 Advisories and a democratic community

16:12-16:20 Connections between teaching early childhood and high school

Transcription 

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We talk with MacArthur "genius" award winner Deborah Meier, a founder of the small schools movement, about what makes a good school. She talks about how to build and maintain trust and mutual respect among students, teachers, and families.

The post Deborah Meier on Public Education and Democracy: What makes an ethical school first appeared on Ethical Schools.

We talk with Eva Lopez about Act4Change, a Theatre of the Oppressed project in the Bronx. Eva Lopez uses theater techniques to invite children and youth to envision liberation and to empower them to resist oppression. Audiences become spect-actors to examine root causes of bullying, domestic violence and other personal/societal crises.

Overview

00:00-01:42 Intros

01:43-04:42 Act4Change, Theater of the Oppressed; Augusto Boal; ethical decision-making

04:41-09:29 What an Act4Change program & session look like

09:30-13:36 Act4Change impact on spect-actors; actions beyond the performance

13:37-14:03 Middle- and elementary-school students’ involvement

14:04-15:07 Act4Change in a school?

15:08-16:48 Importance of exposure to the arts 

16:49-17:23 Act4Change contact info

17:24-20:00 Outro

Transcription

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References

BronxTimes “Nonprofit launches community arts COVID-19 relief initiative”

Soundtrack by Podington Bear

We talk with Eva Lopez about Act4Change, a Theatre of the Oppressed project in the Bronx. Eva Lopez uses theater techniques to invite children and youth to envision liberation and to empower them to resist oppression. Audiences become spect-actors to examine root causes of bullying, domestic violence and other personal/societal crises.

The post Eva Lopez on Act4Change: Applying Theatre of the Oppressed to building social justice in The Bronx first appeared on Ethical Schools.

We talk with Shirley Edwards about EBC High School for Public Service and the creation of an intentional educational community of students, teachers, parents, and East Brooklyn Congregations. Shirley Edwards was the founding principal. She came with a background as a teacher and a parent coordinator, and responded to parents’ desperation for a high school that would lead their children to success.

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Shirley also wrote an article for Ethical Schools! Click here to read “The school that Bushwick built: the story of EBC High School for Public Service”. 

Overview

00:00-04:56 Intros

04:57-07:07 Why and how EBC High School for Public Service was created; the role of East Brooklyn Congregations

07:08-10:38 EBC HS as an ethical community

10:39-22:09 Advisories, strategy teams, relationships with the community

22:10-25:09 Recruiting and retaining teachers; building staff-student relationships

25:10-27:51 Teacher retention

27:52-36:17 Parent engagement

36:18-40:52  Community engagement, role of the churches

40:53-42:47 Outro

Transcript

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We talk with Shirley Edwards about EBC High School for Public Service and the creation of an intentional educational community of students, teachers, parents, and East Brooklyn Congregations. Shirley Edwards was the founding principal. She came with a background as a teacher and a parent coordinator, and responded to parents’ desperation for a high school that would lead their children to success.

The post Shirley Edwards on EBC High School: Building an educational community in Bushwick first appeared on Ethical Schools.