Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.

In this episode, Vaishnavi leads a dialogue around inequality and access in education. The co-hosts shared their insights framed by questions such as:

after reading the article “5 Ways Elite-College Admissions Shut Out Poor Kids” by Anya Kamenetz and watching the videos “Higher Education for Low-Income Students,” and “Schools & Social Inequality: Crash Course Sociology #41.”

This episode’s call to action: After our discussion, think about how San Jose State University aids low income students to continue attending classes. Find one resource that SJSU provides to support these students. Do you think this resource is helpful? Is there a resource that you would recommend to SJSU instead?

Join us live for our episode 5 on Friday, April 9, at 5:30pm on the Lurie College YouTube channel.  All of the recordings for this series are available at sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.

In this episode, Aminah leads a dialogue around high-stakes standardized testing. The co-hosts shared their insights framed by questions such as:

after reading the article “Meritocracy 2.0: High-Stakes, Standardized Testing as a Racial Project of Neoliberal Multiculturalism” by Wayne Au prior to the episode.

This episode’s call to action: Raise our awareness of how biases in standardized testing affect our students in order to provide support for students who are affected by these biases and find ways to help them succeed.

Join us live for our episode 4 on Friday, March 19, at 5:30pm on the Lurie College YouTube channel.  All of the recordings for this series are available at sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.

In this episode, Victor leads a dialogue around decolonization in education. The co-hosts shared their insights framed by questions such as:

after reading the article “Decolonization and Education: Locating Pedagogy and Self at the Interstices in Global Times” by Nina Asher prior to the episode.

This episode’s call to action: The effects of colonization can be experienced by the narrow thinking developed in the human mind. As we return to society, we must be more mindful in how we interact with each other. Decolonization begins with decolonizing one’s own mind.

Join us live for our next live dialogue on Friday, March 12, at 5:30pm on the Lurie College YouTube channel.  All of the recordings for this series are available at sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

Emancipatory Education Now is a student-led initiative at the SJSU Lurie College of Education that examines what emancipatory education – the critical evaluation of the systems and structures of oppression that maintain the status quo in our educational institutions – looks like in today’s society and advocates for the expansion of emancipatory education research, policies, and practices.  In this episode, you can learn more about our student co-hosts - Abby, Aminah, Ana, Vaishnavi, and Victor - through their name stories.  They also share a preview of some of the topics they plan to discuss in more detail later this semester.

The call to action for this episode: Exchange your name story with a family member, friend, colleague, or classmate!

Additional resources shared in this episode include:

All of the recordings for this series are available at https://sjsu.edu/education/emancipatory-education-now

We recently hosted Radical Monarchs' Cofounder Anayvette Martinez to learn more about their organization - http://radicalmonarchs.org​ - which creates opportunities for young girls of color to form fierce sisterhood, celebrate their identities and contribute radically to their communities. The talk with the Radical Monarchs cofounder included the herstory of the Radical Monarch movement, in addition to how methodologies and lived experiences inform our queer feminist social justice praxis; the concept of Radical Joy and the key role it plays in the Radical Monarch movement, especially in these heightened times.

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie​​​ to receive more news about academic and student life.  Video recorded and edited by Brian Cheung Dooley - http://brianpdooley.com​​​. "Inspirational Outlook" provided royalty-free from Scott Holmes.

Learn about Science Education and Single Subject Credential Program student Eden Conhuyen as she discusses her journey to becoming a science educator as well as her experiences in the SJSU Lurie College of Education's Impact San José Fellows program, which supports and develops educators who are driven by their passions for social justice, educational equity, and positively impacting their communities.  Learn more about the fellowship program at http://sjsu.edu/education/fellows​.  

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie​​ to receive more news about academic and student life.  Video and audio recorded by Brian Cheung Dooley - http://brianpdooley.com​​. "Going Higher" provided royalty-free by bensound.com.

Learn about Abby Almerido, who is an SJSU alumni and a student in the inaugural cohort of our MA in Emancipatory School Leadership program, which is designed for emerging K-12 school leaders who wish to engage with emancipatory leadership practices to improve educational opportunities for historically marginalized students.  Learn more about how to become a transformative school leader through this program at sjsu.edu/edleadership.

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life.  Video and audio recorded by Brian Cheung Dooley - http://brianpdooley.com. "Going Higher" provided royalty-free by bensound.com.

Learn from Communicative Disorders & Sciences faculty Marcella McCollum as she discusses the progress on the development of a Transformative Leadership Minor, which is a collaboration among a group of SJSU faculty and will create an opportunity for undergraduate students of all academic backgrounds to develop their transformational leadership capacities. The goal is for this minor to become available beginning Fall 2021. This initiative has been initially funded through the SJSU Lurie College of Education Strategic Plan grants - learn more about our strategic plan at http://sjsu.edu/education/community/strategic-plan

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Learn from Child & Adolescent Department faculty Robert Marx and Counselor Education Department faculty Kyoung Mi Choi as they describe their initiative "Creating an Inclusive Climate: Queering Our Classrooms and Our Campus," which provides resources, training, and support related to gender identity and sexual orientation for students, faculty, and staff at SJSU. This initiative has been initially funded through the SJSU Lurie College of Education Strategic Plan grants - learn more about our strategic plan at http://sjsu.edu/education/community/strategic-plan

Connect with Lurie College at https://linktr.ee/sjsulurie to receive more news about academic and student life!

The SJSU Lurie College of Education Learning Showcase highlights our undergraduate, graduate, credential, and doctoral students' while they're on their journeys to becoming transformative educators, counselors, therapists, school and community leaders under our college's four priority areas: community-engaged, culturally sustaining, holistic, and interdisciplinary.

Listen to the keynote remarks for our Fall 2020 Learning Showcase from Ana Benderas, Director of ELA and Humanities at Quetzal Education Consulting, and learn more about our showcase at http://sjsu.edu/education/showcase