The Zag

2020 NLC Columbus Fellow Jess Reback leads the work ensuring graduating high school seniors from a charter public school system go to and through college. She joins The Zag to share her thoughts on reopening schools and what receiving colleges and universities are getting right.

We're talking the circular economy with 2019 NLC San Antonio Fellow Chris Moken. He shares details about his nonprofit, Re-mat, which addresses the needs of Texas cities struggling to find sustainable solutions for disposed mattresses (hint: dog beds!). Check it out at: re-mat.org

2017 NLC Maryland Fellow Irnande Altema talks mental health and student services as we consider how best to re-open schools this fall. Learn more about her work by visiting

https://www.mhamd.org/what-we-do/advocacy/coalitions/childrens-behavioral-health-coalition/

Wade Dean, 2017 NLC LA Fellow, shares his insights on the challenges facing anyone in higher education as universities and colleges consider reopening. Don't miss it.

2019 NLC LA Fellow Steven Almazan returns to The Zag to discuss challenges of school re-openings from his perspective as a former Special Education teacher. Plus, he unpacks how difficult it is to watch families of mean make alternative schooling arrangements when so many other families cannot afford that luxury. Tune in.

2017 NLC Los Angeles Fellow Alex Serna returns to The Zag to share an encouraging story about a successful virtual summer program for students he oversees. Plus, with four school-aged kids, Alex talks about what he's prioritizing as a parent as school is trying to reopen.

Lyndsey Schlax, 2016 NLC SF Fellow, joins The Zag to share her perspective on reopening schools as a longtime educator. She also talks about her working organizing around the ideas of schools not bars in order to highlight importance of prioritizing measures to get kids back in class, not people back drinking cocktails.

2020 NLC South TX Frontera Fellow Clarissa Riojas is an 8th grade ELA teacher wading through the challenging river of information involved w/ reopening schools. We catch up with her to learn more about how she's adapting curriculum and how her union is prioritizing safety as well as learning for students.

NLC SWO Director Jocelyn Rhynard is a Dayton School Board Member and mom of four students in the district. She shares her unique perspective on re-opening schools and what should be prioritized once the year starts.

2020 NLC DC Fellow Anika Manzoor kicks off our new mini-series of episodes talking about the challenge of reopening schools next month. Anika works with Move Schools Forward, a collective of youth-driven organizations with outlined key principles to drive student-centric change.

Learn more at: https://www.moveschoolforward.org/