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Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein that alternates weekly and airs on Odd weeks.
Host Kitty Kelly Epstein speaks with parent organizer, Pecolia Manigo, about how a community coalition strongly influenced the school board to select a local educator as Oakland’s new Superintendent.
Justice 4 Oakland Students leader, Pecolia Manigo, speaks with Kitty Kelly Epstein about successful struggle for a local committed educator to be hired as the new Superintendent.Justice 4 Oakland Students
Hear Parents of African-American Students studying Chinese talk about sending their children to Mandarin bilingual programs. They also address a new public Mandarin Bilingual school enrolling students now in Richmond. Then hear a parent organizer talk about organizing tens of thousands of parents in New Jersey to defeat Governor Chris Christie’s destructive policies toward public … Continued
First Host Kitty Kelly Epstein is joined by Oakland School Board Member Shanthi Gonzales to discuss the Oakland School District’s urgent budget crisis and then they get into some discussion around the long term plan the school board seems to have adopted to close or consolidate more schools. Shanthi Gonzales is the school board member … Continued
Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein, and airs on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month.
How do Muslim students and refugee students experience school in the U.S.? What should U.S. students be learning about majority-Muslim countries? What classroom practices help young people learn from each other without bias and stereotypes? We talk with Professor Natasha Hakimali Merchant about her research into these important topics.
Host Kitty Kelly Epstein looks at the dynamics and relationship between young people, people of color and the police. Joining the show is a Latina scholar and police officer who shares some of her research and perspective. Then the second segment is looking at black,brown,asian and other communities who are not allowed to elect their … Continued
New international data find U.S. students performing badly in math compared to students in comparable countries. Host Kitty Kelly Epstein talks about the political and structural reasons and then interviews an African-American teacher in East Oakland about how he and his students get better results.
This week we’ll talk about what WE are doing to make school loving, joyful, anti-racist, welcoming and engaging for all young people. You can call in to tell us you what you, your school, or your district is doing.
Two topics in this edition: 1) creating a public bank in Oakland, Santa Rosa, and elsewhere and 2) and how the community should pick Oakland’s next school Superintendent.
