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This educational podcast features classroom conversations on making learning more rigorous, engaging, and blended, which means a combination of online and face-to-face experiences.

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Banned Books

Listen in on this conversation with Krissy Ronan, librarian at Marshall High School, and high school senior Aria as they share the importance of libraries offering windows, mirrors, and sliding doors into multiple perspectives and identities. "All reading is good reading" as Krissy shares. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter: Summer Johnson - @scholarcation Nishi Langhorne - @MrsLanghorne Krissy...

May 24, 2022•34 min

Street Data

Join Scherrie Dalton and Marissa Petty, two learning leaders from Key MS, as they share their journey through joining our FCPSOnward Learning Leader Cohort, reading the book Street Data, and implementing equity transformation cycles at their school. They share the power of centering student voices and making small shifts that personalize and humanize learning. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you know when our next episode is released and leave a review because your feedback counts! Twitter...

Apr 12, 2022•36 min

Queer Pedagogy

Listen in on this conversation with Mollie Safran, Social Studies teacher at Fairfax High, as she defines and discusses queer pedagogy. We talk about how power is used to maintain privilege, how queer can be used as a verb to challenge normative understanding of what it means to be, and how queer pedagogy allows students opportunities to examine and disrupt existing power structures. She shares practical strategies teacher can immediately implement in their classrooms to make them more equitable...

Mar 29, 2022•39 min

Student Technology Leaders

Join us for the third part in this three-part series on student tech leaders in schools! Leslie Leisey and Nishi speak with Jessie Davis, student at Chantilly HS, as she shares about her evolution from a tech aide at Poplar Tree ES to a facilitator of professional learning for teachers at Rocky Run MS. She now leads her peers by supporting them with their technology challenges and advocating for the use of technology to enhance learning and engagement. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes so you k...

Mar 15, 2022•19 min

Tech Padawans at Rocky Run MS

Join us for the second part in our three-part series on student tech leaders in schools! Summer and Nishi speak with Pam Galietta, School-Based Technology Specialist at Rocky Run Middle School, Amy Goodloe, Principal at Rocky Run, and two students who are also members of the Tech Padawans, a student technology leadership group that supports the school in leveraging technology for meaningful learning experience for all students. This inspiring conversation speaks to the power of elevating student...

Mar 01, 2022•38 min

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