Topic: Podcast

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.

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 ⁠

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.

Welcome to season two of Beyond the Letters! To kick things off, Kate and Maggie talk with guest Arhm Wild about supporting and learning from our students.

Leading a school is a lot to manage under normal circumstances, but what does it look like during a pandemic?

We're proud to be kicking off a new season of our podcast series Beyond the Letters. Listen to the first episode today!