Introductory episode. What is streaming? How is it harming students? How will destreaming level the playing field? What should teachers know?

In this episode, we invite members of the TCDSB equity team to discuss putting students first, what makes a good learning experience, how the goal of education has changed and how educators need to empower this change in their classrooms.

In this episode, we unpack the components of classroom culture and how it can be designed intentionally in a destreamed classroom. Using Zaretta Hammond's 'ready for rigour' framework from her book, "Culturally responsive teaching and the brain," we discuss the opportunity and need for a different type of teacher-student relationship. We also discuss setting up a destream classroom for success (both learning space and culture).