For our season finale, DJ interviews two of his former students, both members of the Class of 2020. Soon-to-be college freshmen Kiana Aaron and Jadlyn Riley talk about the compound challenges of remote learning, virtual graduation, and the protests and violence engulfing Chicago in this historic summer of unrest.

Hosted, produced, and edited by DJ Cashmere.

Sources:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety/episodes/community-is-a-verb

As antiracism protests engulf the nation, DJ convenes a panel of experts--all parents--to talk about how to raise our kids in this moment.

For more on the panelists:

• Loretta Ross, Quiana Perkins (UUAA, BLUU), Rachel Parsons, Anastasia Higginbotham, Akiko Cooks (No Racism in Schools #1865), Shannon Foley Martinez, Matthias Kirsch.

To view the discussion on YouTube:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS-fEONxYQcGn31at0uRKWQ.

For more on the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York, which sponsored the event:

• http://4thu.org/.

"This moment has exposed us. We're scrambling trying to mirror a system that was problematic in the first place, instead of getting rid of that system." NYU's David E. Kirkland on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education and what it means to beautifully reimagine education amidst a pandemic.

Hosted, produced, and edited by DJ Cashmere.

Sources:

https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/news/2020/5/1/NYU_Metro_Center_Statement_on_Covid19__Slow_Down_to_Move_Forward

https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/news/2020/5/1/NYU_Metro_Center_Introduces_the_CRSE_Remote_Resource_Hub

https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/28/21240100/nyc-school-grading-policy-coronavirus

How do you completely reimagine your school while running it remotely every day--all while your community is wracked by loss? A high school principal on leadership during the pandemic.

Hosted, produced, and edited by DJ Cashmere.

A preschool teacher's view of what went wrong when Fairfax County Public Schools, one of the nation's most affluent school districts, took their time in hopes of getting distance learning right.

Hosted, produced, and edited by DJ Cashmere.

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/online-learning-sputters-again-in-fairfax-as-proof-mounts-that-district-was-warned-of-issues/2020/04/20/e9d2042a-830f-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html?itid=ap_hannahnatanson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-online-learning-blackboard/2020/04/18/3db6b19c-80b5-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

https://patch.com/virginia/kingstowne/fairfax-schools-distance-learning-was-disaster-board-says

https://www.facebook.com/fcpsva/

Hear what it takes to get a single student access to education during the pandemic.

Hosted, produced, and edited by DJ Cashmere.

Guest appearance by Christine Peralta.

Special thanks to Spencer Green.

Sources:

https://data.nysed.gov/assessment38.php?subject=ELA&year=2019&instid=800000046647

https://data.nysed.gov/assessment38.php?subject=Mathematics&year=2019&instid=800000046647

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