Topic: Anti-Racist Education

Educators around the nation are grappling with so-called “anti-critical race theory” laws that are cropping up around the nation. What’s going on here, and how should educators respond to this development?

Sonja and Tricia discuss Sonja’s recent adaptation of Stamped for Kids, the myriad forces that continue to inhibit the work of antiracism, and why opportunities like IREL are so important.

When we set out to do antiracist and antibias work, a common question is, how do I make time for it in my classroom?

What is ABAR? by Liz Kleinrock. ABAR stands for antibias and antiracism. Learn more in this blog post.

Sometimes the things that we have to do become tradition, and as tradition ages sometimes those practices do not serve all children. Sometimes we have to change an established way of doing things in order to better serve our kids.

Colleen Cruz joins experts in various areas of education to talk about the common mistakes we make and how to learn from them, instead of fear them.

Islah Tauheed shares her experience in building online community, as using it as tool to foster conversations about racial equity and justice.

The Heinemann Podcast is celebrating four years and 200 episodes!

How do we go beyond the cosmetic fixes of racial inequality in education and go further?

When teachers take on the work of culturally responsive teaching, they commit to ensuring that marginalized students not only can, but will improve their school achievement.

Listen in or watch as Dr. Sonja Cherry Paul and Tricia Ebarvia talk about centering racial equity in our literacy practices and their upcoming (virtual!) Institutes for Racial Equity in Literacy. #IREL20 ⁠

Three years ago, we started this episode of the podcast by saying; not talking about racism is not a solution. We sought to have a conversation about dismantling racism in education after a Heinemann Fellows panel on the subject. As we listen to this conversation through the lens of 2020, it’s now not enough to talk about dismantling racism, rather we must take actions to be anti-racist.

Ways to change mathematical instruction to allow for Black boy brilliance to soar.

This week on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re handing things over to Heinemann Fellow, Minjung Pai.

In this episode, Julia sits down with Janet Damon to talk about how libraries can be healing spaces.

Heinemann Fellow Marian Dingle is joined on the podcast by Dr. Toya Jones Frank of George Mason University!

Inquiry is a tool we can use to reflect on our biases and the impact on our classrooms in this PLC series post.

Sharing about myself outside our classroom, apologizing, and problem-solving with them are key parts of the joy and humanity ever present in Room 112.