Season 2, Episode 4: Healed Teachers Heal Students
Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with Dr. Wenimo Okoya, Founder of Healing Schools Project. The non-profit works to prevent burnout by addressing toxic work cultures that steer BIPOC teachers out of the classroom. Healing Schools Project believes that when interventions are built around those furthest away from systemic privilege, all benefit.
Hosted by Jonathan Santos Silva
Season 2, Episode 1: The Purest Form of Activism
Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with leaders and educators from The Center for Black Educator Development in Philadelphia about how to create safe spaces that value and invest in young Black leaders.
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
Supporting Black Students’ Wellness Amid Mounting Challenges
School leaders share how they’re supporting Black youths’ mental health and wellness.
Jessica Fregni
Writer-Editor, One Day
Working With My Hands Is My Self-care
A Black educator who has taught for almost 30 years explains the importance of self-care for K–12 teachers.
Marquita Brown
Senior Editor, One Day Digital
Teachers Shouldn't Be Responsible for Solving Teacher Burnout
How school leaders can create a culture of mental health and wellness for teachers.
Brandon Stratford
Educational Researcher, Child Trends
Teaching Is Too Important To Treat As Just a Labor of Love
If we hope to retain great teachers in the classroom, we must pay teachers a salary that reflects the essential work they're doing.
Kelly Harper
2019 District of Columbia Teacher of the Year
Tearing Down Barriers By Building Up People
For Black History Month, Black educators share how they are embracing culture as they lead, and why that matters.
Please Reconsider How We Get Through This School Year
A Chicago teacher weighs in on how distance learning has gone so far and how it must change going forward
Ashley McCall
Tackling COVID-19 Fatigue as a Teacher
Teach For America talks with clinical psychologist Dr. Richard Shadick about burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health concerns for teachers.
The TFA Editorial Team