Educate U.S.
The Educate U.S. podcast is a weekly podcast discussing important and pressing topics around the education space. Featuring co-hosts Nick Zaveri, Dr. Stacey Schultz and Dr. Patrice Fenton. For more on our show, visit us at - https://www.leonmedianetwork.com/educate-us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Nick & Patrice are joined by Kim Parker, Director of Social trends research at the Pew Research Center. Kim breaks down the recent data that Pew has collected on America’s teachers. Kim oversees research on emerging social and demographic trends, manages major survey projects, and writes and edits reports. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, she worked as a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.
The crew is reunited as Patrice returns from vacation, and they share and discuss recent articles and media clips focused around DEI and education laws (by state).
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Nick & Stacey are joined by Founder & CEO of Charter School Business Management, as well as the FOREsight Financial Services for Good, Raj Thakkar, for a conversation on charter schools & more. Raj is also the author of fiscally seCURE: prepare, protect & propel your CHARTER SCHOOL with responsible financial management.
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Stacey and Nick talk to Cathlin Goulding, a co-founder of the Yuri Education Project, which helps educators tell a more complete narrative of history, aiming to build coalitions and understanding across diverse communities. The organization helps schools design curriculum with a focus on Asian American History. To learn more about Cathlin’s work, be sure to visit YuriEducationProject.com, as well as her website, http...
Nick is joined by Lissette Fernandez and Vanessa Brito, Ph.D., who lead 'Moms For Libros', an advocacy group that helps families in Miami understand & combat the efforts to ban books and harm public education. In this episode, we learn more about their organization and the political battles they’re taking on in Florida.
To learn more about Moms For Libros, visit their website or Linktree
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Nick & Stacey are joined by Dr. Jerome Rucker, an adjunct professor at USC (Research Methods and Data Analysis), husband & girl dad, fellow podcast host, and an AP at a high school in Southern California. Dr. Rucker recently authored a book about earning his Doctorate, and has another one coming out about creating safe spaces in our conversations about race and equity.
To check out Dr. Rucker’s podcast, The Educatio...
Have you ever felt like you constantly have to prove yourself? In our latest episode, Stacey & Patrice explore the unique challenges faced by Black female leaders at HBCU's, as Dr. Donna Brock joined the pod to discuss her research on how these leaders are undermined, overloaded, and micromanaged. Dr. Brock explains the "agentic penalty," infantilization, and the double-edged sword of "other-mothering." Learn why Black feminist...
Nick, Stacey & Patrice discuss the heartbreaking story about the death of Nex Benedict in Oklahoma. This tragedy highlights the rise in hate-based violence in schools. It's scary, but silence isn't the answer. Together, the crew talks about the ways to have open and honest dialogue with our kids about these difficult topics, to help empower them.
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Chalkbeat Newark Reporter Jessie Gomez joins Stacey and Nick to discuss education news in Newark, her to road to being an education reporter & more. Jessie shares insight on her recent story on the efforts to meet the needs of English Language Learners in a local high school. To check out Jessie's work and the work the writers at Chalkbeat are doing, visit -
- Jessie’s archive-https://www.chalkbeat.org/authors/je...
Black History Month brings up a lot of mixed feelings and questions. What does it say about the U.S. that we need Black History Month? As we are approaching the 100th anniversary of the creation of Black History Month, Patrice, Stacey and Nick discuss the origins, needs and legacy of Black History Month.
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Nick, Stacey & Patrice welcome Paul Breda to a show, a colleague & fmr. school board member for over 20 years. Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors for NJ School Boards Association, and he has presented at statewide school board conferences on topics of interest for school board members. Paul shares with us his experience serving on school boards and how the role of the school board has evolved.
Stacey, Patrice & Nick welcome Dr. Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez, an educator, author & ACLU Board member to the show, to discuss her extensive work experience in leadership development, diversity, inclusion, and advocacy space. To learn more about Dr. Rodriguez's work, visit: https://drbonilla-rodriguez.godaddysites.com/. And for more from our show, visit us at https://www.leonmedianetwork.com/educate-us
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Nick, Stacey & Patrice welcome in AI futurist and humanist, Caroline Chubb Calderon, to discuss the impact of autonomous and intelligent machines on education, business & society. Caroline breaks down the work she does with visionary leaders on the future of AI, as well as the work her company HelloHumanity does to help reimagine humanity in the age of machines. For more from our show, visit us at https://www.leonmedia...
Nick & Patrice talk about a recent story in The New Yorker on schooling and if it has become optional for students. Here is the article that Patrice and Nick reference in this episode - "Has School Become Optional?"-from The New Yorker.
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Nick, Stacey & Patrice reflect on loss, as a dear friend and colleague of theirs has passed away. This episode is about us making sense of this loss and recognizing our relationship with grief. This episode is for anyone who has experienced loss and would like to hear how others process tragedy.
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The crew recalls some of the themes and headlines that stood out to them in 2023 and tease out an awesome lineup of topics for 2024. Then the team wraps up with sharing their gratitudes for one another.
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Nick, Stacey & Patrice are joined by education leader & author Kelly Cassaro, to discuss her work in education, her current role at Generation and how she is helping people achieve economic mobility and a better life, and her upcoming book titled, “Shift Teaching Forward”. Check out this article (that Kelly mentions on the episode) about rethinking how we measure success within organizations, and preorder Kel...
Stacey, Nick & Patrice are joined by innovation strategist Ibanga Umanah to discuss the future of AI in the world of education & more. For more from our show, visit us at https://www.leonmedianetwork.com/educate-us. Want to get in touch with us? Email the show at theeducateusshow@gmail.com!
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Stacey and Nick look back on how the themes of “What’s working/Not working” in our schools and the “Future of School” have shown up in some of our conversations with our guests. Clips included in this episode are (in order) - Akil Bello, Meghann Luczkowski, Devin Morris, Jessica Santana, Bobbi Rebell & Kass and Cornelius Minor.
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In this episode, Stacey, Patrice & Nick talk to a student about his realities and hopes as a student with special needs. Plus, special needs advocate and educator Meghann Luczkowski joined the pod to talk about her experiences working with students of special needs. Items discussed on this episode include -
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