JTE Graduate Assistant Eli Kean interviews Kevin Kumashiro about his 2012 article and recent textbook, Against Common Sense: Teahcing and Learning Towards Social Justice.

Special issue panel on early childhood music education, convened at the 2016 ISME conference in Glasgow. The panel was convened by Dr Amanda Nilend and Dr Patricia St John, who guest edited the special issue. The speakers include RSM Editor Katherine Marsh and contributing authors Margaret Barrett, Suzanne Burton, Lori Custodero and Claudia Cali. Posted June 2016

Update: Applications of Research in Music Education editor Debbie Rohwer interviews author Laura Meehan. Together they discuss Meehan and Kimberly VanWeelden's recent article which focuses on determining the types of frequency of music and special education workshops held at state music educators association conferences.

Laura's article, "Teaching Children With Disabilities: Preparation Through State Music Educators Association Conferences" can be found here: http://upd.sagepub.com/content/35/1/5.abstract.

Dr. Michelle Van Noy discusses the structure of community college career-technical programs and how it affects student success in the article she co-authored with Madeline Trimble, Davis Jenkins, Elisabeth Barnett, and John Wachen, "Guided Pathways to Careers: Four Dimensions of Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs."

JRME Editor Steve Morrison interviews Dr. Julia Shaw, Associate Professor of Music Education at The Ohio State University School of Music, about her recent article discussing students perceptions of cultural responsive teaching in the context of a choral ensemble. 

 http://jrm.sagepub.com/content/64/1/45.abstract

Author Jennifer Ledford discusses her research, co-authored by Erin E. Barton, Jessica K. Hardy, Katie Elam, Jordan Seabolt, Meredith Shanks, M. L. Hemmeter, and Ann Kaiser. Ledford discusses their methodology applied, their findings, and future steps in the field. This article can be found in the June 2016 issue of the Journal of Early Intervention. 

EP Podcasts

Dr. Rebecca Jacobsen and Dr. Tamara Young discuss their special issue in Educational Policy on "The Politics of Accountability."

Special issue guest editors Dr. Jane West and Dr. Katharine Shepherd discuss the May 2016 issue of Teacher Education and Special Education on the past, present, and future of special education.

Which misperceptions about gifted education have been debunked through the years, and which still remain? Dr. Carolyn Callahan, Editor of Gifted Child Quarterly, sits down with former editor Donald Treffinger to discuss his special issue on demythologizing gifted education in Volume 53, issue 4, a revisitation of his groundbreaking 1982 special issue.

EAQ Editor, Linda Skrla, interviews Guest Editor, Terry Orr, and UCEA head, Michelle Young, about leadership preparation in education.