Topic: Humans Who Teach

In today’s episode we are meeting Bonee Bentum. Bonnee teaches her students English in the School District of Philadelphia.

The Year Ahead is a mini-series from the Heinemann Podcast, hosted by Meenoo Rami. In today’s episode we are meeting Katharine Hsu from the DC metro area.

Welcome to The Year Ahead, a mini-series from the Heinemann Podcast, hosted by Meenoo Rami, author of Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re) Invigorate Your Teaching.

As we begin the new school year many educators are wondering, is there research we can lean on for the unique situation we find ourselves in?

How do we create a welcoming classroom environment during a pandemic? What about while teaching online, or in a blended approach?

This week on the podcast we’re excited to play for you a preview of one of Heinemann’s newest audiobooks, In The Moment: Conferring in the Elementary Math Classroom by Jen Munson.

How do we translate familiar routines to a classroom environment that for many of us is still uncertain.

How can we create daily structures and routines that support writers?

In Accessible Mathematics, Steven Leinwand shows how small shifts in the teaching you already do can make a big difference in student learning.

In the last month the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of rulings that have significant impact on schools and teachers.

Kate and Maggie are joined by Jennifer Serravallo in today's episode as they talk about building out your library, finding moments for queer representation, and how to make the case for building representation into your curriculum.

Kate and Maggie are joined by LaMar Timmons-Long in today's episode as they talk about being vulnerable, the intersections of race and queerness, and building brave spaces in our classrooms.

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

Kate and Maggie are joined by Jess Lifshitz in today's episode as they talk about normalizing language, digging deep into internal work, and how to discuss our identities in a school setting.

This week on the podcast we’re joined by Berit Gordon, author of The Joyful Teacher: Strategies for Becoming the Teacher Every Student Deserves.

Kate and Maggie are joined by Dana Stachowiak in today's episode for a wide-ranging conversation about LGBTQ+ identity in education.

Too often, structural and systemic forces keep children from believing that they are good at math, setting them too early on trajectories that determine their level of success.

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.