How's School?

Hey everyone, we’re here to let you know about another podcast produced here at Teachers College.

Do you know what’s going on with teaching today? Our friends at the Center for the Professional Education of Teachers, or CPET, provide customized professional development, coaching, and research studies to schools around the world. Their podcast, Teaching Today, brings educators together to break down the problems, policie...

Professor Sonya Douglass is leading the Black Education Research Center (BERC) in a project to create a first-of-its-kind, Pre-K through 12 interdisciplinary Black Studies curriculum for New York City public schools, the largest district in the U.S. She walks us through BERC’s research and findings about the impacts of COVID-19 and racism on Black students and families (2:14), why including Black Studies in our education i...

In this episode we speak with Professor Cindy Y. Huang, whose work has shown that while the impact of worsening mental health and the pandemic is felt across youth identity categories, some youth are facing higher risk based on things like their identity or immigration status. For example, Asian American youth and their families have dealt with an increase in racism and racial violence and the sense of fear that goes along...

As the Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures, Oren shares what events and developments caused him to take more action on climate issues (4:15), and how he holds his concern alongside a renewable hope (5:39).

We ask him to go deep on what keeps him going (8:59). He leads us in an exercise to see what the climate crisis brings up for Jen and Joe, and then shares the results from young activists whose answers deli...

We think we are listening, so why don’t young people feel heard? This age-old, generational communication gap is the perfect place to begin a podcast about how to connect with young people and ask better questions. The questions we ask only matter to the degree to which we are able to listen to and genuinely hear the answers.

Professor Limarys Caraballo listens to young people professionally. Join us as we discuss where...

“How’s School?” The question adults reflexively ask, and kids hate to answer. The truth is, we care about our young people, dare we say, even worry about them. But staying connected to their world and all the complexity they navigate can be a challenge. The scope of issues we look at includes education, health, and psychology–but at the core is their well-being, and our ability to face things that impact them without losin...