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Changing Course Season 2: How BIPOC Leaders Flourish

Host Jonathan Santos Silva (South Dakota ‘10) will sit down with innovative nonprofits from across the country that are committed to attracting, training, and retaining BIPOC educators. Each episode will feature thoughtful conversations about how organizations are investing in and providing careers where BIPOC staff can flourish.

Hosted by Jonathan Santos Silva

To Fix Our Education System, We Need to Develop Leaders at Every Level Committed to Equity and Excellence

From school boards to Congress, we need diverse leadership with firsthand experience in the opportunities and challenges facing our education system to create bold change for all students.

Elisa Villanueva Beard

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Designing the Future of School: Ideas and Examples from the Education Reinvention Network

Rather than focus on teacher shortages or test scores, an educational leader suggests redirecting energies toward imagining schools of the future to meet the evolving needs of 21st century students.

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The Impact of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Teaching AAPI Narratives

A father, educator, and Teach For America Alumnus, Tony DelaRosa, explains how the Asian American model minority myth serves as a tool for anti-Blackness and perpetuates stereotypes. Tony makes recommendations for an intersectional perspective, coalition-building, and culturally responsive teaching.

Faviola Leyva

Video Producer

Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz

Managing Director, Film + Video Projects

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Making Up for Lost Time: Many Schools Turn to Tutoring to Help Reverse Pandemic Learning Disruptions

With help from high-dose tutoring, students can make up for the instructional time that was lost due to the pandemic.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

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The Latest NAEP Data Is Devastating: What Do We Do Now?

The Nation’s Report Card shows troubling trends in student proficiency in the wake of the pandemic. Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard shares three big lessons to serve as a springboard for reimagining education in this moment.

Elisa Villanueva Beard

Understanding the Diversity of Latinx Identities Helps Customize Learning

There is no one way to be Latinx. Sharing culture and identity in the classroom can dispel myths and establish meaningful connections between teachers and students.

Kelly Pratt

Copy Chief, One Day

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Changing Course: Seated At The Table

In this special bonus episode, host Jonathan Santos Silva gathers students and educators from season one of Changing Course for a live roundtable discussion about the power of student-staff partnerships, the impact of diversity and authentic cultural representation, and the importance of failure.

Hosted by Jonathan Santos Silva

Building Schools Where Students Are Free to Be Their Authentic Selves

School is not always a safe place for students who are LGBTQ+. But efforts are underway to change that despite virulent backlash.