Teacher Leslie Pigozzi, a multilingual learner herself, understands her students’ experience, processing, and the value of making mistakes. Hear as she shares how she affirms her students’ linguistic diversity and cultivates an abundance mindset.

Listen to Gary Briggs and Joshua Martinez, two former educators currently on NTC’s Professional Learning Systems team, speak about the challenges of addressing the commitment to reexamine your ideas of who the stakeholders are in your ecosystem.

Aurora Juarez Lopez, 18, is a recent graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Aurora’s family immigrated from Mexico and she grew up in a Spanish-speaking household. As the oldest of three children, she wants to be a role model for her younger sisters who are 15 and 4. Aurora shares her experience translating for her fam…

High school seniors Grace Ayena and Mikayah Cheeks are part of the Chicago Public School's Student Voice Committees. Run through CPS’s Department of Equity, the student voice committees aim to give upper elementary through high school students leadership opportunities, improve school climate, and foster communication between adults and students. In…

Sixteen-year-old Alizea Daniels shares her experiences moving from a small school in a rural community on a reservation to a bigger middle school in a town of 40,000 in Northern Idaho. As a member of the Coeur d'Alene and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, she also reflects on being an Indigenous student at a predominantly white high school a…

Jonathan Fratz, 16, has more accomplishments on his LinkedIn as a 10th grader than most adults. Last year, Jonathan made a big change from middle school as he started at San Pedro Senior High School in San Pedro, California, part of the Los Angeles School District, in the middle of the pandemic. As a student with autism, he is passionate about advo…

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We close out our Revolution podcast series with a synthesizing conversation between Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall, from Education Trust, and Atyani Howard, with New Teacher Center. Tanji and Atyani reflect on key learnings from the past six months, distill the learnings down into actions, and offer insights into where our education discussions might go n…

In this bonus episode, hear from teacher Chrystal Seawood on how she builds relationships with students through deeply understanding who they are as students. She shares how she led with vulnerability through transitions brought on by the pandemic. Listen in to hear ways you can join Chrystal in following the breadcrumbs your students drop to show …

The revolution for our students must come through a focus on their learning and a pedagogy of empowerment. Join Zaretta Hammond and Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall on this episode to hear how teachers and leaders can ensure students are being given the cognitive tools to take agency of their own learning. Listen in as they explore a framework for getting r…

How do systems leaders remain grounded in the best practices for ensuring equity for each students in their schools? In this podcast, Dr. Lillian Lowery, Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessment at Educational Testing Service, shares strategies that systems leaders can leverage to support schools and teachers in remaining student-centered. …

How does our country need to change systems and structures to better support a diverse educator workforce? Eric Duncan, Senior Data and Policy Analyst on the P-12 team at The Education Trust, shares how to gather the data needed to move forward in recruiting, hiring, and creating an environment where educators of color thrive. He will share specifi…

Professional learning needs to be cohesive and situated in the work of educators to be effective. Atyani Howard, Chief Program Officer for New Teacher Center, shares how we are exploring new ways to work with our partners in response to the context our educators and students are living in today. Atyani pushes us to consider how critical it is to kn…

How do we revolutionize relationships for students in our schools? Karen Pittman, Co-founder, President, and CEO for the Forum for Youth Investment, explores this idea and the role of community in our second Revolution podcast. Karen reinforces how learning has always been and will always be social and emotional, and it's the role of adults to crea…

In this first episode of the Revolution podcast, Dr. Tanji Reed Marshall of The Education Trust, calls on each of us to face our values system and how our nation has allowed such deep inequities to exist in our schools. She explains revolutionary education to focus on the integration of the work our students are given and the relationships educator…

Krysten and Erika are back to discuss the upcoming season of the New Teacher Center's podcast, The Revolution, in partnership with The Education Trust. Listen in for a sneak peek for what you'll hear in upcoming episodes.

Principals are on the front line in supporting students, teachers, and families. Hear how Mariah Cone, Vice President, School Leadership Development at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, supported school leaders through the transitions required by Covid-19 building closures and their response to the call for anti-racist education and Black Live…

Fostering curiosity at school and home is one way for educators and caregivers to support the student learning at home. Hear Terra Tarango, Director of the Van Andel Institute for Education, speak to the importance of the three C's and how educators can attend to them during virtual learning. Learn about the resources provided by her organization a…

Transitioning to the virtual space requires shifts in how teachers provide instruction and how they respond to events happening in broader communities, such as the most recent acts of police brutality in the United States. Hear Principal Thelma Sambrook share how her teachers engaged students in their own responses to racism. She also shares how sh…

Routines and rituals, like graduation, are foundational to the school experience. Hear how Tamara Albury (@AlburyTamara), principal at Young Women's Leadership Academy, transitions the experiences that matter to her community to a digital environment. Learn how she is currently leveraging these digital versions and how she plans to continue to use …

Students, families, and staff at Dayton Leadership Academies have always been #DaytonStrong. In this podcast, hear from principal Tess Mitchner-Asinjo on how her school is engaging families and students through social media, planning for summer school, and ensuring students have access to instruction throughout the pandemic. View some of their onli…

In today's episode, our guest is Eric McGuire, Director of Personalization, Matchbook Learning at Wendell Phillips School 63. Matchbook Learning actively utilizes online instruction to engage students so when their doors closed due to Covid-19, they quickly pivoted to providing resources to keep online instruction happening. In this episode, hear h…

Our COVID-19 Resource & Community Support Podcast features education leaders from across the nation. Our leaders work in schools and districts that are unique, yet face many similar challenges in leading during a global pandemic. In these robust and candid conversations, you'll learn about each guest’s experiences, how they’re supporting academic a…

We invite you to start here, with our very first episode! You'll hear from Krysten Wendell, Director of School Leadership, and Erika Reese, Senior Director of Internal Learning, on why we started this series and what you'll learn along the way.

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