You can now listen to our multi-part series The Battle For Public Education in The 21st Century by logging on to the Teachers 4 Social Justice website at www.t4sj.org
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 15 (Aired June 24th 2015)
The Future: Hopes & Concerns
What most concerns you about the future of public education in the U.S., and what makes you most hopeful? We conclude with a collage of responses to this question from many of the interviewees in this series.
Guests:
In order of appearance: Chela Delgado, Darrick Smith, Monique Morris, Kevin Kumashiro, Milton Reynolds, Diane Ravitch, Leroy Little Bear, Molly Raynor, Donte Clark, Fannie Rushing, Alex Mejia, Jessica Huang, Bill Ayers, Rick Ayers, Rose Von Thater-Braan, Jesse Sharkey, Rachelle Rogers-Ard, Jesse Hagopian, Norma Gonzalez, Jeremiah Jeffries
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 14 (Aired June 17th 2015)
Connections
Surveys some of the blossoming organizations, networks and movements around the country organizing for a more socially just U.S. public education system. This program features the Chicago Teachers Union’s battle against the neoliberal policies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Leaders are interviewed from Facing History & Ourselves, Teachers For Social Justice and the Education For Liberation Network.
Guests:
Milton Reynolds: Senior Program Associate, Facing History and Ourselves. Teacher, counselor, facilitator.
Jeremiah Jeffries: First grade teacher at Redding Elementary, San Francisco. Leader in Teachers For Social Justice. Adjunct professor at University of San Francisco
Jesse Sharkey: Vice President, Chicago Teachers Union, 3rd largest local in the country
Patrick Camangian: Organizer for the Education For Liberation Network, Associate Professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of San Francisco
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 13 (Aired June 10th 2015)
The Power of Our History
This program highlights the importance of providing young people with authentic and empowering history curriculum. The struggle for Mexican-American studies in Tucson is profiled, along with the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades in New Mexico, where urban Chicano youth from around the country come for intensive study of their history and culture.
Guests:
Norma Gonzalez: 3rd Grade teacher at Manzo Elementary school in Tucson Unified School District. Leader in struggle to maintain the Mexican-American Studies Department in Tucson public schools.
Donte Clark, co-founder of RAW Talent, a spoken word and performing arts group from the RYSE Center in Richmond, California
Ricardo Romero, Co-founder and teacher of the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigades in New Mexico, Project Coordinator for Al Frente de Lucha in Greeley Colorado, and a community organizer for over 50 years.
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 12 (Aired June 3rd 2015)
Another Education Is Possible
We continue to explore alternative educational approaches, focusing on models outside the U.S. public education system. Featured are the public education system in Finland, internationally recognized as one of the highest achieving and most equitable in the world, and contemporary indigenous learning lodges, which are being developed across North America by the Native American Academy.
Guests:
Pasi Sahlberg: Visiting professor at Harvard ‘s Graduate School of Education and former Director General in Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture
Rose Von Thater-Braan: Co-founder & Director, Native American Academy. Former Director of Education at U.C. Berkeley’s Center for Particle Astrophysics
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 11 (Aired May 27th 2015)
Breaking Through The Poverty Of Imagination, Part 2
What does it actually look like, sound like and feel like when a whole school is grounded in social justice education? This program helps us break the poverty of imagination by profiling the unique approach of MetWest High School, an Oakland public school. Includes a deeper look at restorative justice.
Guests:
Alex Mejia: English & History teacher and internship coordinator at MetWest High School in Oakland Unified School District
Nelzy Gonzalez, Kayla Keith, and Laura Martinez: MetWest students
Terri Keith: MetWest parent volunteer and a 30-year classroom teacher, mostly in New York City
George Galvis: Executive Director & Co-founder, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Oakland.
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 10 (Aired May 20th 2015)
Breaking Through The Poverty Of Imagination, Part I
What does it actually look like, sound like and feel like when a whole school is grounded in social justice education? This program helps us break the poverty of imagination by profiling the dynamic approach of June Jordan School For Equity, a San Francisco public high school.
Guest:
Dr. Darrick Smith: Assistant Professor in Leadership Studies at the University of San Francisco. Former Co-Director at June Jordan School For Equity
Jessica Huang and Matt Alexander: current Co-Directors at June Jordan School For Equity
Brandon Melendez, Fabiola Sermeno, Jamarc Allen-Henderson, Nikki Whittaker and Renz Andrew Ignacio: students at June Jordan School For Equity
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Giulio Sorro, teacher at June Jordan School For Equity, and his advisory students
Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 9 (Aired May 13th 2015)
Shifting Paradigms, Part 3: Obedience To Liberation
The third of three programs on the purposes and paradigms of social justice education, with a focus on education for liberation and social change. Features conversations with K-12 students & teachers and university professors, and a look inside a social justice classroom in Oakland.
Guests:
Bill Ayers: Professor of Education & Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired). Founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society
Rick Ayers: Professor in Teacher Education at the University of San Francisco. Founder of the Communication Arts & Sciences School at Berkeley High School
Patrick Camangian: Associate Professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of San Francisco, and a high school English teacher since 1999
Sharim Hannegan-Martinez, English teacher at Castlemont High School, Oakland Unified School District.
Stephanie Vega, Susanna Lopez, Jeremy Brooks, students at Castlemont High School, Oakland Unified School District.
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 8 (Aired May 6th 2015)
Shifting Paradigms, Part 2: Eurocentrism To Cultural Empowerment
What does a classroom look like when teachers have deep respect for the diverse cultures of students and their families? Explores how teachers of all backgrounds can increase their cultural proficiency.
Guests:
Chela Delgado, 12th grade Government & Economics teacher at Coliseum College Prep Academy, Oakland Unified School District
Shawn Ginwright: Associate Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Dept. & Senior Research Associate for Cesar Chavez Institute for Public Policy, SF State University
Rachelle Rogers-Ard: Educator & administrator with over 20 years of experience teaching, facilitating professional development and managing educational systems. She is currently the manager of “Teach Tomorrow in Oakland”, a program that recruits diverse teachers for the Oakland Unified School District.
Miguel Lopez: Associate Professor of Multicultural and Social Justice Education at California State University, Monterey Bay
Molly Raynor and Donte Clark, co-founders of RAW Talent, a spoken word and performing arts group from the RYSE Center in Richmond, California
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Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens. Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.
This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale
Episode 7 (Aired April 29th 2015)
Shifting Paradigms, Part I: Standardized To Student-Centered
Addresses a key pillar of the corporate education agenda: standardization through Common Core standards and high-stakes testing. Presents contrasting paradigms for social justice education. Profiles a student-centered, inquiry-based classroom that models teaching and learning not typically assessed in standardized testing.
Guests:
Dr. Joel Westheimer: Professor of Education & Democracy at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an education columnist or Canadian Public Radio.
Dr. Chela Delgado, 12th grade Government & Economics teacher, and her students at Coliseum College Prep Academy, Oakland Unified School District
Jesse Hagopian: History teacher and leader of standardized testing boycott at Garfield High School in Seattle. Associate Editor of Rethinking Schools Magazine and author. Founding member of Social Equality Educators
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Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine broadcast on the national Pacifica Radio network. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.
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