60 acast.com Among Us: Invisible Experiences Impacting Youth http://www.transformschools.ucla.edu/ en UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools Education,Education Policy,Govnerment,Foster Care,Foster Youth UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools Stories of complexity, resilience and progress: The state of the foster care system in the US.


Foster youth are often invisibilized as they navigate education systems, the effects of structural racism, challenges of poverty and homelessness. This season, we explore the inner workings of the foster care system with those working within it and the students impacted by it. 


Among Us from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools uplifts the experiences of youth furthest from opportunity, and uncovers how systems and structures both in and out-of-school are either helping or harming young people. Through conversations with community leaders, scholars, advocates, and youth who have persevered, we examine the barriers preventing students from thriving—and what we all can do about it.

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]]> Stories of complexity, resilience and progress: The state of the foster care system in the US.


Foster youth are often invisibilized as they navigate education systems, the effects of structural racism, challenges of poverty and homelessness. This season, we explore the inner workings of the foster care system with those working within it and the students impacted by it. 


Among Us from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools uplifts the experiences of youth furthest from opportunity, and uncovers how systems and structures both in and out-of-school are either helping or harming young people. Through conversations with community leaders, scholars, advocates, and youth who have persevered, we examine the barriers preventing students from thriving—and what we all can do about it.

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]]> false UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools ctschools@ucla.edu 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 our-children-cant-wait episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50/1722364393469-f0c7c3e6-7bc7-42fe-918e-52ca2fbf8bbb.jpeg http://www.transformschools.ucla.edu/ Among Us: Invisible Experiences Impacting Youth From Woe to ‘Whoa!’: Foster Youth Advocating for Change From Woe to ‘Whoa!’: Foster Youth Advocating for Change Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:00:10 GMT 39:43 66bfea864a224df83a22b97a false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66bfea864a224df83a22b97a 66bfea864a224df83a22b97a 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 8 When it comes to system reform, the perspectives we should pay the most attention to are those who know the system best: individuals with lived experience. Our final episode of this season features two young changemakers using their experiences in foster care to help create a better reality for youth today. Eve Aaliyah Valdez is a youth activist with California Youth Connection, a youth-led organization that aims to transform foster care. Demontea Thompson is a doctoral candidate in the UCLA School of Education, a foster care researcher, and co-founder of Twinspire, a nonprofit organization that provides financial literacy to young people with foster care experience. How can we better prioritize basic needs for foster youth? What happens when we invite young people with lived experience to actively participate in research and reform processes? 


Guest speaker 1: Eve Aaliyah Valdez, Youth Activist, California Youth Connection

Guest speaker 2: Demontea Thompson, Executive Director & co-founder, Together We Inspire; Doctoral Candidate & Researcher, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies 

Interviewer: Angela James, Senior Project Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools 


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Angela James is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> When it comes to system reform, the perspectives we should pay the most attention to are those who know the system best: individuals with lived experience. Our final episode of this season features two young changemakers using their experiences in foster care to help create a better reality for youth today. Eve Aaliyah Valdez is a youth activist with California Youth Connection, a youth-led organization that aims to transform foster care. Demontea Thompson is a doctoral candidate in the UCLA School of Education, a foster care researcher, and co-founder of Twinspire, a nonprofit organization that provides financial literacy to young people with foster care experience. How can we better prioritize basic needs for foster youth? What happens when we invite young people with lived experience to actively participate in research and reform processes? 


Guest speaker 1: Eve Aaliyah Valdez, Youth Activist, California Youth Connection

Guest speaker 2: Demontea Thompson, Executive Director & co-founder, Together We Inspire; Doctoral Candidate & Researcher, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies 

Interviewer: Angela James, Senior Project Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools 


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Angela James is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Aging Out: The Next Chapter After Foster Care Aging Out: The Next Chapter After Foster Care Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:00:07 GMT 40:19 66bfe59d844d445153f09dbf false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66bfe59d844d445153f09dbf 66bfe59d844d445153f09dbf 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 7 Transition-age foster youth are young people between 16 and 25 years old who are transitioning out of the foster care system and into adulthood. Many of them are not prepared to live independently or have a strong support system to lean on. They may need help with finding stable housing or employment, paying for college, and curating supportive relationships they can rely on. Youth aging out of care could also be experiencing trauma and other challenges in addition to these transitions. We speak with Amy Dworsky and Liz Squibb about the common obstacles foster youth face as they age out of care, and actions we can take to better support youth and families.


What happens after foster youth age out of care? What supports do they need to thrive as adults?


Guest speaker 1: Amy Dworsky, Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall

Guest speaker 2: Liz Squibb, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Interviewer: Dr. Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Transition-age foster youth are young people between 16 and 25 years old who are transitioning out of the foster care system and into adulthood. Many of them are not prepared to live independently or have a strong support system to lean on. They may need help with finding stable housing or employment, paying for college, and curating supportive relationships they can rely on. Youth aging out of care could also be experiencing trauma and other challenges in addition to these transitions. We speak with Amy Dworsky and Liz Squibb about the common obstacles foster youth face as they age out of care, and actions we can take to better support youth and families.


What happens after foster youth age out of care? What supports do they need to thrive as adults?


Guest speaker 1: Amy Dworsky, Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall

Guest speaker 2: Liz Squibb, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Interviewer: Dr. Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Breaking Through Barriers: Foster Youth Navigating Higher Education Breaking Through Barriers: Foster Youth Navigating Higher Education Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:00:22 GMT 31:52 66bfcf76ad68fd0165c91b77 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66bfcf76ad68fd0165c91b77 66bfcf76ad68fd0165c91b77 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 6 Nationally, only 3 out of 100 foster youth graduate with a bachelor's degree by age 26. Recent legislation in some states aims to increase this number by covering the full cost of in-state college attendance. However, students with foster care experience need a tremendous amount of support beyond financial aid to thrive in college and beyond, in areas such as life skills, housing and finances, self-care, and dependable relationships with trusted adults. Scholars Kizzy Lopez and Nate Okpych join us to uplift the real barriers that foster youth face in accessing higher education, navigating college and campus life, and support programs that some campuses offer for foster youth.


How can we create better pathways for foster youth to attend college and support them through their college years?


Guest speaker 1: Kizzy Lopez, Director of Student Success, Basic Needs & Retention, Fresno City College; former Program Coordinator, Renaissance Scholars Program, California State University, Fresno

Guest speaker 2: Nate Okpych, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut School of Social Work

Interviewer: Audra Langley, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Health Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics; Director, UCLA TIES for Families; Co-Director, UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families; Faculty Advisory Board member, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Audra Langley is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Nationally, only 3 out of 100 foster youth graduate with a bachelor's degree by age 26. Recent legislation in some states aims to increase this number by covering the full cost of in-state college attendance. However, students with foster care experience need a tremendous amount of support beyond financial aid to thrive in college and beyond, in areas such as life skills, housing and finances, self-care, and dependable relationships with trusted adults. Scholars Kizzy Lopez and Nate Okpych join us to uplift the real barriers that foster youth face in accessing higher education, navigating college and campus life, and support programs that some campuses offer for foster youth.


How can we create better pathways for foster youth to attend college and support them through their college years?


Guest speaker 1: Kizzy Lopez, Director of Student Success, Basic Needs & Retention, Fresno City College; former Program Coordinator, Renaissance Scholars Program, California State University, Fresno

Guest speaker 2: Nate Okpych, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut School of Social Work

Interviewer: Audra Langley, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Health Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics; Director, UCLA TIES for Families; Co-Director, UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families; Faculty Advisory Board member, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Audra Langley is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Statewide Policy & Collaboration for Foster Youth]]> Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:00:26 GMT 36:29 66b67fcb491100609f49273d false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66b67fcb491100609f49273d 66b67fcb491100609f49273d 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 5 Get a glimpse into the inner workings of state government and how elected officials and state agencies are working to support foster youth. This episode highlights perspectives from two different states: Jamie Burciaga, Colorado State Coordinator for Foster Care Education, and Isaac G. Bryan, California Assemblymember (55th District – Los Angeles), who will share his experiences in foster care and the legislative changes he is advocating for on behalf of foster youth.


How do supports for foster youth vary from state to state, and what promising practices can we uplift?


How can we work through bureaucratic barriers to form fruitful partnerships?


Guest speaker 1: Isaac G. Bryan, California State Assemblymember (55th District – Los Angeles)

Guest speaker 2: Jamie Burciaga, State Coordinator for Foster Care Education, Colorado Department of Education

Interviewer: Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Get a glimpse into the inner workings of state government and how elected officials and state agencies are working to support foster youth. This episode highlights perspectives from two different states: Jamie Burciaga, Colorado State Coordinator for Foster Care Education, and Isaac G. Bryan, California Assemblymember (55th District – Los Angeles), who will share his experiences in foster care and the legislative changes he is advocating for on behalf of foster youth.


How do supports for foster youth vary from state to state, and what promising practices can we uplift?


How can we work through bureaucratic barriers to form fruitful partnerships?


Guest speaker 1: Isaac G. Bryan, California State Assemblymember (55th District – Los Angeles)

Guest speaker 2: Jamie Burciaga, State Coordinator for Foster Care Education, Colorado Department of Education

Interviewer: Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Lost in the System: Foster Youth in K-12 Schools Lost in the System: Foster Youth in K-12 Schools Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:00:30 GMT 36:39 66b3db28ec20c36e8e232022 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66b3db28ec20c36e8e232022 66b3db28ec20c36e8e232022 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 4 Foster youth tend to have a rough time in school. They are more likely to change homes and schools multiple times midyear, and can miss a lot of classes for reasons beyond their control. We spoke to foster youth advocate Dylan Tatom, who shared her educational experiences as a foster student and how she discovered her voice. La Shona Jenkins, who leads foster youth educational services for Los Angeles County, expressed the importance of cross-sector collaboration and supporting each foster student’s unique needs.


How can schools holistically support students in foster care? 


Guest speaker 1: Dylan Tatom, Youth Advisory Board Member, The Center for Fair Futures

Guest speaker 2: La Shona Jenkins, Project Director, Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Interviewer: Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Foster youth tend to have a rough time in school. They are more likely to change homes and schools multiple times midyear, and can miss a lot of classes for reasons beyond their control. We spoke to foster youth advocate Dylan Tatom, who shared her educational experiences as a foster student and how she discovered her voice. La Shona Jenkins, who leads foster youth educational services for Los Angeles County, expressed the importance of cross-sector collaboration and supporting each foster student’s unique needs.


How can schools holistically support students in foster care? 


Guest speaker 1: Dylan Tatom, Youth Advisory Board Member, The Center for Fair Futures

Guest speaker 2: La Shona Jenkins, Project Director, Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Interviewer: Joseph Bishop, Executive Director & co-founder, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Joseph Bishop is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Supporting, Not Surveilling: Reimagining How We Help Families in Need Supporting, Not Surveilling: Reimagining How We Help Families in Need Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:00:00 GMT 35:59 66b27d0eec20c36e8ed3bb10 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66b27d0eec20c36e8ed3bb10 66b27d0eec20c36e8ed3bb10 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 3 Involvement in the foster care system is not random. Racism and social inequities are both reflected in and actively shape our foster care system that’s largely comprised of Black and Brown youth experiencing poverty. Foster care abolitionist Dorothy Roberts talks about the “family policing system” that is tied to historically oppressive and harmful practices, including slavery and the carceral system, and inflicts trauma on communities of color. Tamara Hunter, a foster care systems leader for Los Angeles County, champions a shift from mandated reporting to mandated supporting, and the need for a “third option” beyond either reporting or not reporting. What is the “foster care-to-prison pipeline,” and how are Black children being funneled into it? How can we build pathways to support mandated reporters, like teachers and health care professionals, to connect families with resources?


Guest 1: Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society, author of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families–and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World 

Guest 2: Tamara Hunter, Interim Executive Director, Los Angeles County Prevention and Promotion Systems Governing Committee

Interviewer: Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Professor of Education to Strengthen Children & Families, School of Education & Information Studies; Director, Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families; Faculty Co-Director, Center for the Transformation of Schools, UCLA


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]]> Involvement in the foster care system is not random. Racism and social inequities are both reflected in and actively shape our foster care system that’s largely comprised of Black and Brown youth experiencing poverty. Foster care abolitionist Dorothy Roberts talks about the “family policing system” that is tied to historically oppressive and harmful practices, including slavery and the carceral system, and inflicts trauma on communities of color. Tamara Hunter, a foster care systems leader for Los Angeles County, champions a shift from mandated reporting to mandated supporting, and the need for a “third option” beyond either reporting or not reporting. What is the “foster care-to-prison pipeline,” and how are Black children being funneled into it? How can we build pathways to support mandated reporters, like teachers and health care professionals, to connect families with resources?


Guest 1: Dorothy Roberts, Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society, author of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families–and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World 

Guest 2: Tamara Hunter, Interim Executive Director, Los Angeles County Prevention and Promotion Systems Governing Committee

Interviewer: Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Professor of Education to Strengthen Children & Families, School of Education & Information Studies; Director, Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families; Faculty Co-Director, Center for the Transformation of Schools, UCLA


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]]> From Orphanages to Kinship Care: The Evolution of Foster Care in America From Orphanages to Kinship Care: The Evolution of Foster Care in America Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:00:56 GMT 37:35 66b27699129e9b2ef656c4ec false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66b27699129e9b2ef656c4ec 66b27699129e9b2ef656c4ec 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 2 Let’s unpack the U.S. foster care system as we know it. Child welfare and public policy historian Catherine E. Rymph provides a lesson on the origins of foster care and its evolution into the complex system that it is today. Child welfare systems change leader Sixto Cancel shares about his personal experiences of racism and abuse while in foster care that led him to found Think of Us. How did poverty and neglect–the pretense for most foster care referrals–become conflated? What would happen if we provided families in need with resources instead of reporting them? 


Interviewer: Angela James, Senior Project Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

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]]> Let’s unpack the U.S. foster care system as we know it. Child welfare and public policy historian Catherine E. Rymph provides a lesson on the origins of foster care and its evolution into the complex system that it is today. Child welfare systems change leader Sixto Cancel shares about his personal experiences of racism and abuse while in foster care that led him to found Think of Us. How did poverty and neglect–the pretense for most foster care referrals–become conflated? What would happen if we provided families in need with resources instead of reporting them? 


Interviewer: Angela James, Senior Project Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Guest speakers:


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Angela James is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Who Are Foster Students? A Roundtable with UCLA Education Scholars Who Are Foster Students? A Roundtable with UCLA Education Scholars Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:00:05 GMT 30:46 66ad174be65b9fd5b0301e20 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66ad174be65b9fd5b0301e20 66ad174be65b9fd5b0301e20 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full 1 1 Foster students face unique challenges in and out of the classroom and they deserve more of our attention. Leading education scholars Tyrone Howard, Joseph Bishop, and Angela James discuss the intersections of foster care with poverty, systemic racism, homelessness, punitive discipline, and the carceral system. Who is responsible for the well-being of foster youth? How can schools more equitably support students, no matter their circumstances? 


Host: Geneva Sum, Communications Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Roundtable:

  • Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Professor of Education to Strengthen Children & Families, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies; Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
  • Joseph P. Bishop, Executive Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
  • Angela James, Senior Research Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host, Creative Director and this episode’s interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Foster students face unique challenges in and out of the classroom and they deserve more of our attention. Leading education scholars Tyrone Howard, Joseph Bishop, and Angela James discuss the intersections of foster care with poverty, systemic racism, homelessness, punitive discipline, and the carceral system. Who is responsible for the well-being of foster youth? How can schools more equitably support students, no matter their circumstances? 


Host: Geneva Sum, Communications Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Roundtable:

  • Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Professor of Education to Strengthen Children & Families, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies; Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
  • Joseph P. Bishop, Executive Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
  • Angela James, Senior Research Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools


Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host, Creative Director and this episode’s interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Introducing Among Us Introducing Among Us Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:00:43 GMT 2:28 66a934dd66e879d7b6eda189 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/66a934dd66e879d7b6eda189 66a934dd66e879d7b6eda189 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 trailer Among Us from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools uplifts the experiences of students furthest from opportunity, and explores how systems and structures both in and out-of-school are either creating barriers or opportunities for young people.


This season, we are going on a journey together through the foster care system. UCLA researchers unpack the foster system through conversations with young people, practitioners, scholars, advocates and philanthropy to better understand how youth and families are facing barriers to thrive–and what we all can do about it.


Join us every Wednesday starting August 7th.

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]]> Among Us from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools uplifts the experiences of students furthest from opportunity, and explores how systems and structures both in and out-of-school are either creating barriers or opportunities for young people.


This season, we are going on a journey together through the foster care system. UCLA researchers unpack the foster system through conversations with young people, practitioners, scholars, advocates and philanthropy to better understand how youth and families are facing barriers to thrive–and what we all can do about it.


Join us every Wednesday starting August 7th.

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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - They Can’t Unhear What We’ve Said. They Can’t Pretend Like Our Voices Don’t Matter. Our Children Can’t Wait - They Can’t Unhear What We’ve Said. They Can’t Pretend Like Our Voices Don’t Matter. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT 37:20 64f52f5e5b905c00116022af false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/64f52f5e5b905c00116022af 64f52f5e5b905c00116022af 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full In our final episode this season, we continue the shift from speaking with scholars across the country to speaking with young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop discusses the importance of diversifying college campuses with Kashish Bastola, a public education, racial and equity advocate and undergraduate student at Harvard University.


Kashish sees school as a place for students to dream about their future. However, many students don’t have the privilege to dream about attending college or an Ivy League school like Harvard. His lived experiences in rural Texas ignited his passion for education justice and he has been actively advocating for change since his early high school years. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on race-based admissions policies has fueled new conversations around college access and charged activists like Kashish with a new mission to ensure universities don’t further cement existing inequities.


Special Guest: Kashish Bastola is a sophomore at Harvard University and is originally from Texas. This year, Time Magazine published his opinion essay, Harvard's Diversity Problem Goes Deeper than Race. He is an advocate for public education and climate justice in the Gulf South. His work has included marching 400 miles from New Orleans to Houston to call on the federal government to act on the climate crisis, as well as testifying before the Texas Senate Committee on Education in support of student voice in school board governance. He also worked to create the first ethnic studies courses in his school district in Frisco, Texas. Coming from generations of Nepali freedom fighters, Kashish is passionate about democracy and community. On campus, he is involved in CIVICS, the Radcliffe Institute, the Asian American Dance Troupe, the Affirmative Action Working Group, the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review, and many more campus organizations. Check out his Instagram and Twitter @kashishbastola and his LinkedIn. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> In our final episode this season, we continue the shift from speaking with scholars across the country to speaking with young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop discusses the importance of diversifying college campuses with Kashish Bastola, a public education, racial and equity advocate and undergraduate student at Harvard University.


Kashish sees school as a place for students to dream about their future. However, many students don’t have the privilege to dream about attending college or an Ivy League school like Harvard. His lived experiences in rural Texas ignited his passion for education justice and he has been actively advocating for change since his early high school years. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on race-based admissions policies has fueled new conversations around college access and charged activists like Kashish with a new mission to ensure universities don’t further cement existing inequities.


Special Guest: Kashish Bastola is a sophomore at Harvard University and is originally from Texas. This year, Time Magazine published his opinion essay, Harvard's Diversity Problem Goes Deeper than Race. He is an advocate for public education and climate justice in the Gulf South. His work has included marching 400 miles from New Orleans to Houston to call on the federal government to act on the climate crisis, as well as testifying before the Texas Senate Committee on Education in support of student voice in school board governance. He also worked to create the first ethnic studies courses in his school district in Frisco, Texas. Coming from generations of Nepali freedom fighters, Kashish is passionate about democracy and community. On campus, he is involved in CIVICS, the Radcliffe Institute, the Asian American Dance Troupe, the Affirmative Action Working Group, the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review, and many more campus organizations. Check out his Instagram and Twitter @kashishbastola and his LinkedIn. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - School Safety Built on Trust and Belonging Our Children Can’t Wait - School Safety Built on Trust and Belonging Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:00:29 GMT 28:52 64f5162c4964440012a92c5c false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/64f5162c4964440012a92c5c 64f5162c4964440012a92c5c 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full In this episode, we continue the shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop explores restorative justice approaches with high school senior Alima Kassim and her experiences after a mass shooting close to home at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.


Nashville native Alima and her sisters have been working for years on a restorative justice model to address the root causes of school conflicts. Instead of suspending a student, a practice that excludes students from their peers, their proposed strategies focus on strengthening the relationships between and the social connections within communities.


Is it possible to change “school safety” into a positive phrase? How would widespread student-led restorative justice committees impact students’ overall safety? Alima and Bishop answer these questions and discuss how a school safety agenda that centers on trust and belonging could radically change how we think about the topic. 


Special Guest: Alima Kassim is a student at the University School of Nashville in Tennessee, starting her senior year of high school. She enjoys running track and spending time with her friends. She’s been instrumental in getting a restorative justice project off the ground at her school, has served on with the Mayor’s Youth Council in Nashville and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. She hopes to spread love and make sure everyone feels comfortable in their environment.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> In this episode, we continue the shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop explores restorative justice approaches with high school senior Alima Kassim and her experiences after a mass shooting close to home at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.


Nashville native Alima and her sisters have been working for years on a restorative justice model to address the root causes of school conflicts. Instead of suspending a student, a practice that excludes students from their peers, their proposed strategies focus on strengthening the relationships between and the social connections within communities.


Is it possible to change “school safety” into a positive phrase? How would widespread student-led restorative justice committees impact students’ overall safety? Alima and Bishop answer these questions and discuss how a school safety agenda that centers on trust and belonging could radically change how we think about the topic. 


Special Guest: Alima Kassim is a student at the University School of Nashville in Tennessee, starting her senior year of high school. She enjoys running track and spending time with her friends. She’s been instrumental in getting a restorative justice project off the ground at her school, has served on with the Mayor’s Youth Council in Nashville and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. She hopes to spread love and make sure everyone feels comfortable in their environment.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - A New Generation of Climate Champions Our Children Can’t Wait - A New Generation of Climate Champions Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:00:34 GMT 30:38 64f506055b905c001159baee false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/64f506055b905c001159baee 64f506055b905c001159baee 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full In this episode, we continue the shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop unpacks with Shiva Rajbhandari his decision to run for his district’s school board in Boise, Idaho and his passion for raising awareness about the climate crisis.


Road trips after graduation are a rite of passage for many young people. However, Shiva and his friends give it new meaning by using it as an opportunity to educate others about climate change and the impact it has had on his home state of Idaho. He has decided that his age will not limit his ability to advocate for climate justice. He won’t sit idly by when there is work that needs to be done to make our country a better place. 


Why are we afraid to see young people as policy shapers? How can we actively make room for age-diverse leadership in policy spaces?


Special Guest: Shiva Rajbhandari was elected to his district’s school board in September 2022 as a student at Boise High. He is currently an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Shiva has been a community organizer since 9th grade, working on climate change, gun violence, and voting rights issues. As the first student to ever serve on the Board, he is passionate about mental health, supporting teachers, and sustainability approaches in schools. 


Shiva is a member of the Idaho Climate Literacy Education Engagement and Research executive committee at Boise State University. He volunteers for BABE VOTE, Youth Salmon Protectors, Reclaim Idaho, and the Idaho Climate Justice League. Before his election to the Board, he served on the Boise Schools Sustainability Committee and on the Boise High Student Council. Shiva works as the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the Idaho Conservation League. In his spare time, Shiva loves to run, ski, and fish in wild Idaho.


Check out his Instagram @shiva_rajbhandari and  Twitter @_Shiva_R.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop (Twitter @joepbishop) is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> In this episode, we continue the shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop unpacks with Shiva Rajbhandari his decision to run for his district’s school board in Boise, Idaho and his passion for raising awareness about the climate crisis.


Road trips after graduation are a rite of passage for many young people. However, Shiva and his friends give it new meaning by using it as an opportunity to educate others about climate change and the impact it has had on his home state of Idaho. He has decided that his age will not limit his ability to advocate for climate justice. He won’t sit idly by when there is work that needs to be done to make our country a better place. 


Why are we afraid to see young people as policy shapers? How can we actively make room for age-diverse leadership in policy spaces?


Special Guest: Shiva Rajbhandari was elected to his district’s school board in September 2022 as a student at Boise High. He is currently an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Shiva has been a community organizer since 9th grade, working on climate change, gun violence, and voting rights issues. As the first student to ever serve on the Board, he is passionate about mental health, supporting teachers, and sustainability approaches in schools. 


Shiva is a member of the Idaho Climate Literacy Education Engagement and Research executive committee at Boise State University. He volunteers for BABE VOTE, Youth Salmon Protectors, Reclaim Idaho, and the Idaho Climate Justice League. Before his election to the Board, he served on the Boise Schools Sustainability Committee and on the Boise High Student Council. Shiva works as the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the Idaho Conservation League. In his spare time, Shiva loves to run, ski, and fish in wild Idaho.


Check out his Instagram @shiva_rajbhandari and  Twitter @_Shiva_R.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop (Twitter @joepbishop) is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - There’s Room for All of Us Our Children Can’t Wait - There’s Room for All of Us Wed, 30 Aug 2023 07:00:27 GMT 32:15 64ee1f927a1a3800115c1f05 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/64ee1f927a1a3800115c1f05 64ee1f927a1a3800115c1f05 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full In this episode, we make a shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop begins the conversation on how to support young leaders with social media strategist and organizer Annie Wu Henry. Annie explains how digital spaces allow people to connect to communities that would be otherwise inaccessible. And despite the impact of the digital age that often isolates people from one another, people remain hungry for authentic connection and for their stories to be heard. These connections forged around social issues have the power to unite us.


How can we use the ever-changing digital media landscape as an effective tool for justice? How can we learn from the young leaders who are cultivating community through these online spaces?


Special Guest: Annie Wu Henry is a social media and digital strategy expert for progressive organizations and campaigns. She believes that we need on-the-ground organizing, electoral work, and the online media to drive progress in society, and has taken a hand in contributing to all three. She was most recently the social media producer for John Fetterman's successful Senate campaign in Pennsylvania. 


As a strategist, creator, and political operative, Annie has been profiled by the New York Times, contributed to some of the largest online advocacy platforms like @feminist, @impact, @shityoushouldcareabout, @intersectionalenvironmentalist, @so.informed, @genzforchange and has had a myriad of content "go viral," being shared by the likes of Rachel Cargle, Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, Ariana Grande, Yara Shahidi, the Kardashians, Jenners, Olivia Rodrigo + more. Through her personal platform, she engages her own following to inform and activate them about the world and how they can get involved to push for change. She is passionate about progressive politics, press notifications, pop culture, pressed coffee, and people who do the right thing.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> In this episode, we make a shift from speaking to scholars across the country to speaking to young leaders who have decided not to wait for change to happen.


Dr. Joe Bishop begins the conversation on how to support young leaders with social media strategist and organizer Annie Wu Henry. Annie explains how digital spaces allow people to connect to communities that would be otherwise inaccessible. And despite the impact of the digital age that often isolates people from one another, people remain hungry for authentic connection and for their stories to be heard. These connections forged around social issues have the power to unite us.


How can we use the ever-changing digital media landscape as an effective tool for justice? How can we learn from the young leaders who are cultivating community through these online spaces?


Special Guest: Annie Wu Henry is a social media and digital strategy expert for progressive organizations and campaigns. She believes that we need on-the-ground organizing, electoral work, and the online media to drive progress in society, and has taken a hand in contributing to all three. She was most recently the social media producer for John Fetterman's successful Senate campaign in Pennsylvania. 


As a strategist, creator, and political operative, Annie has been profiled by the New York Times, contributed to some of the largest online advocacy platforms like @feminist, @impact, @shityoushouldcareabout, @intersectionalenvironmentalist, @so.informed, @genzforchange and has had a myriad of content "go viral," being shared by the likes of Rachel Cargle, Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, Ariana Grande, Yara Shahidi, the Kardashians, Jenners, Olivia Rodrigo + more. Through her personal platform, she engages her own following to inform and activate them about the world and how they can get involved to push for change. She is passionate about progressive politics, press notifications, pop culture, pressed coffee, and people who do the right thing.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can't Wait - Coming Up on Our Children Can't Wait]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:00:38 GMT 1:01 64739d5de6899700121ded5a false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/64739d5de6899700121ded5a 64739d5de6899700121ded5a 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 trailer

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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - We Can Solve the Youth Homelessness Crisis Our Children Can’t Wait - We Can Solve the Youth Homelessness Crisis Wed, 31 May 2023 07:00:13 GMT 39:41 646cfc69b160e00011e76fba false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/646cfc69b160e00011e76fba 646cfc69b160e00011e76fba 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop navigates student homelessness with researchers Dr. Matthew Morton and Dr. Earl J. Edwards, an issue that ties together many of the episodes’ previous topics.


Both guests share their personal experiences with homelessness as students. They outline misconceptions and stigmas that we may have about the topic. Homelessness impacts one million young people in the US. How did this happen? Actually, by design. Homelessness is a result of series of interconnected systems that  we can reform by making homelessness a policy issue and not a job for charities to solve.  


Why does homelessness exist in the richest country in the world? Where should we go from here?


Special Guest: Matthew Morton, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Constellation Lab (CoLab) at the Constellation Fund, which propels, funds, and supports longitudinal research and evaluation of interventions to tackle poverty and the unequal opportunities that sustain it. .. Morton has expertise in youth development, youth homelessness, evaluation of complex interventions, and evidence-based practice. 


Earl J Edwards, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development. His research interests include racial equity and the impacts of structural racism across public institutions and education equity and access in urban schools. His current research focuses on how American public schools can better support youth experiencing homelessness. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop navigates student homelessness with researchers Dr. Matthew Morton and Dr. Earl J. Edwards, an issue that ties together many of the episodes’ previous topics.


Both guests share their personal experiences with homelessness as students. They outline misconceptions and stigmas that we may have about the topic. Homelessness impacts one million young people in the US. How did this happen? Actually, by design. Homelessness is a result of series of interconnected systems that  we can reform by making homelessness a policy issue and not a job for charities to solve.  


Why does homelessness exist in the richest country in the world? Where should we go from here?


Special Guest: Matthew Morton, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Constellation Lab (CoLab) at the Constellation Fund, which propels, funds, and supports longitudinal research and evaluation of interventions to tackle poverty and the unequal opportunities that sustain it. .. Morton has expertise in youth development, youth homelessness, evaluation of complex interventions, and evidence-based practice. 


Earl J Edwards, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development. His research interests include racial equity and the impacts of structural racism across public institutions and education equity and access in urban schools. His current research focuses on how American public schools can better support youth experiencing homelessness. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can’t Wait - Towards Transformation: Youth Incarceration & Education Policy]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 07:00:32 GMT 36:50 645fdddf01a21a0011cb45af false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/645fdddf01a21a0011cb45af 645fdddf01a21a0011cb45af 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Dr. Joe Bishop examines youth incarceration and education policy with scholar and researcher Dr. Angela James. 


We have all heard of the school-to-prison pipeline. Currently, the US spends $25 million a day to detain young people. Dr. Angela James brings a new framework to this conversation: one of transformation and hope. She outlines how incarcerated youth are educated and what their day-to-day experiences are like. She shares about a revolutionary approach to meaningful juvenile justice reform called the Missouri model, how it differs from the current approach of educating incarcerated youth, and how it can be transformative for the lives of youth.


What are juvenile court schools like? How can we change education policy for youth in carceral settings to facilitate individual and social transformation?


Special Guest: Angela James, Ph.D. is a sociologist and demographer dedicated to educational equity and improvement. She is currently the Research Director at the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Dr. Joe Bishop examines youth incarceration and education policy with scholar and researcher Dr. Angela James. 


We have all heard of the school-to-prison pipeline. Currently, the US spends $25 million a day to detain young people. Dr. Angela James brings a new framework to this conversation: one of transformation and hope. She outlines how incarcerated youth are educated and what their day-to-day experiences are like. She shares about a revolutionary approach to meaningful juvenile justice reform called the Missouri model, how it differs from the current approach of educating incarcerated youth, and how it can be transformative for the lives of youth.


What are juvenile court schools like? How can we change education policy for youth in carceral settings to facilitate individual and social transformation?


Special Guest: Angela James, Ph.D. is a sociologist and demographer dedicated to educational equity and improvement. She is currently the Research Director at the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - Young People Driving Their Own Destiny Our Children Can’t Wait - Young People Driving Their Own Destiny Wed, 17 May 2023 07:00:57 GMT 39:05 645d85f92d07d30011049818 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/645d85f92d07d30011049818 645d85f92d07d30011049818 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Dr. Joe Bishop discusses youth voices and youth organizing with social justice education researcher and scholar Dr. Justin Coles of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 


As a teen, Justin saw his community change from racially diverse to predominantly Black. He questioned why the reputation of his high school was negatively affected by the change in its racial composition. This led him to pursue racial justice work centering on youth. 


In this episode, he outlines to Joe the importance of learning accurate American history in order to answer the question: What are the realities of race and policy that affect us today? He also shares the importance of respecting youths’ agency instead of trying to control them.


Why are our current standards, systems, and policies disconnected from youth?


Special Guest: Justin A. Coles is an Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the Department of Student Development. At UMass Amherst, Justin also serves as the Director of Arts, Culture, and Political Engagement at the Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research (CRJ). At the CRJ, he is also the director of the Black Healing, Joy, and Justice Collective. Justin serves as Co-Editor of the academic journal Equity & Excellence and Education.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Dr. Joe Bishop discusses youth voices and youth organizing with social justice education researcher and scholar Dr. Justin Coles of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 


As a teen, Justin saw his community change from racially diverse to predominantly Black. He questioned why the reputation of his high school was negatively affected by the change in its racial composition. This led him to pursue racial justice work centering on youth. 


In this episode, he outlines to Joe the importance of learning accurate American history in order to answer the question: What are the realities of race and policy that affect us today? He also shares the importance of respecting youths’ agency instead of trying to control them.


Why are our current standards, systems, and policies disconnected from youth?


Special Guest: Justin A. Coles is an Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the Department of Student Development. At UMass Amherst, Justin also serves as the Director of Arts, Culture, and Political Engagement at the Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research (CRJ). At the CRJ, he is also the director of the Black Healing, Joy, and Justice Collective. Justin serves as Co-Editor of the academic journal Equity & Excellence and Education.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - School Funding for Justice Our Children Can’t Wait - School Funding for Justice Wed, 10 May 2023 07:00:08 GMT 44:18 645988262d07d300113fdf02 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/645988262d07d300113fdf02 645988262d07d300113fdf02 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Dr. Joe Bishop explores how schools are financed with researchers and scholars Drs. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos and Danielle Farrie. 


Historically, school funding relies on local taxes, with each state having its own funding guidelines. The problem is that local communities’ taxes vary drastically, leaving many schools underfunded. 


Oscar’s family came to the United States looking for better opportunities, but they found themselves confronted with segregation and racism in a rural California agriculture community. Danielle attended school in New Jersey and later realized how privileged she was after an experience she had in a high school sociology class. Both have worked hard to research school funding, with the goal of making education a constitutional right through funding policy reform. 


How do local, state, and federal taxes move in and out of our schools? How is school funding connected to the constitutional right to education?


Special Guests: Oscar Jimenez Castellanos, Ph.D. is the Director of P-12 Research at The Education Trust. Dr. Jimenez-Castellanos has spent over 20 years in education — most recently, as a Visiting Scholar at USC Rossier School of Education. He has published extensively in education finance equity policy, among other education equity issues.  


Danielle Farrie, Ph.D. is the research director at Education Law Center (ELC), a non-profit law firm that specializes in enforcing the rights of public school students. Her research focuses on school finance and other equity-focused educational issues to support litigation and public policy for ELC and partner organizations.


Follow Education Law Center on Twitter @edlawcenter and check out their website. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Dr. Joe Bishop explores how schools are financed with researchers and scholars Drs. Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos and Danielle Farrie. 


Historically, school funding relies on local taxes, with each state having its own funding guidelines. The problem is that local communities’ taxes vary drastically, leaving many schools underfunded. 


Oscar’s family came to the United States looking for better opportunities, but they found themselves confronted with segregation and racism in a rural California agriculture community. Danielle attended school in New Jersey and later realized how privileged she was after an experience she had in a high school sociology class. Both have worked hard to research school funding, with the goal of making education a constitutional right through funding policy reform. 


How do local, state, and federal taxes move in and out of our schools? How is school funding connected to the constitutional right to education?


Special Guests: Oscar Jimenez Castellanos, Ph.D. is the Director of P-12 Research at The Education Trust. Dr. Jimenez-Castellanos has spent over 20 years in education — most recently, as a Visiting Scholar at USC Rossier School of Education. He has published extensively in education finance equity policy, among other education equity issues.  


Danielle Farrie, Ph.D. is the research director at Education Law Center (ELC), a non-profit law firm that specializes in enforcing the rights of public school students. Her research focuses on school finance and other equity-focused educational issues to support litigation and public policy for ELC and partner organizations.


Follow Education Law Center on Twitter @edlawcenter and check out their website. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - Redefining School Safety Our Children Can’t Wait - Redefining School Safety Wed, 03 May 2023 07:00:42 GMT 48:34 645052ed86749200126d55ae false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/645052ed86749200126d55ae 645052ed86749200126d55ae 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop navigates school safety and policing with scholars and researchers Heather Meyer Reynolds and Ron Avi Astor. 


When you think about school safety, do you automatically think of school shootings? Heather and Ron have been researching school safety since before the 1999 Columbine shooting in Colorado. They share how recent studies show school violence is actually decreasing despite the increase in school shooting coverage in the media. They give insight into how fear and the media’s focus on the shooters influence our reactions and lead to the over-policing of schools. They also expand our understanding of what school safety is. 


How should we approach school safety as parents, educators, and as students? Are the school safety policies in place currently working? 


Special Guest: Heather Meyer Reynolds, Ph.D., is a Professor of Teacher Education in the SUNY Empire State College School for Graduate Studies where she works as a teacher and researcher focused on creating safe, engaging, and welcoming school/classroom environments.  


Ron Avi Astor, M.S.W., Ph.D., is the Crump Professor in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs department of Social Welfare with a joint appointment in the UCLA School of Education. His work focuses on the socio-ecological influences of society, family, community, school and culture on different forms of school violence. Astor’s studies have informed school safety policies across the globe. Findings from these studies have been published in more than 200 scholarly manuscripts.


Follow Ron and Heather on Instagram @Ronaviastor and @reynoldsh68. Check out UCLA’s website on school safety here. You can also connect with Ron and Heather on Facebook.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop navigates school safety and policing with scholars and researchers Heather Meyer Reynolds and Ron Avi Astor. 


When you think about school safety, do you automatically think of school shootings? Heather and Ron have been researching school safety since before the 1999 Columbine shooting in Colorado. They share how recent studies show school violence is actually decreasing despite the increase in school shooting coverage in the media. They give insight into how fear and the media’s focus on the shooters influence our reactions and lead to the over-policing of schools. They also expand our understanding of what school safety is. 


How should we approach school safety as parents, educators, and as students? Are the school safety policies in place currently working? 


Special Guest: Heather Meyer Reynolds, Ph.D., is a Professor of Teacher Education in the SUNY Empire State College School for Graduate Studies where she works as a teacher and researcher focused on creating safe, engaging, and welcoming school/classroom environments.  


Ron Avi Astor, M.S.W., Ph.D., is the Crump Professor in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs department of Social Welfare with a joint appointment in the UCLA School of Education. His work focuses on the socio-ecological influences of society, family, community, school and culture on different forms of school violence. Astor’s studies have informed school safety policies across the globe. Findings from these studies have been published in more than 200 scholarly manuscripts.


Follow Ron and Heather on Instagram @Ronaviastor and @reynoldsh68. Check out UCLA’s website on school safety here. You can also connect with Ron and Heather on Facebook.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - How Housing Policies are Shaping Individual Rights, Education and Voting Our Children Can’t Wait - How Housing Policies are Shaping Individual Rights, Education and Voting Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:00:17 GMT 30:30 644036ffc9ba5a00116e9d75 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/644036ffc9ba5a00116e9d75 644036ffc9ba5a00116e9d75 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop explores housing policy with researcher Megan Gallagher. 


With expertise in metropolitan housing policies and educational policies, Megan Gallagher’s research formst a crucial intersection for two issues that  are not often connected. It has become clear that communication between the two sectors is crucial for students and communities to thrive in the current housing crisis. Megan shares how her own upbringing used housing as the foundation for her educational journey and success.


How do housing policies impact child development? What role has land ownership played in our country’s individual rights? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Megan Gallagher is a Principal Research Associate at The Urban Institute. Her research focuses on how schools, housing, and community programs affect the lives of low-income children and families. Ms. Gallagher researches and evaluates housing and education collaborations designed to boost educational outcomes. She also conducts training and technical assistance for U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhoods grantees. 


Follow Megan Gallagher on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Check out her page on the Urban Institute’s website.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop explores housing policy with researcher Megan Gallagher. 


With expertise in metropolitan housing policies and educational policies, Megan Gallagher’s research formst a crucial intersection for two issues that  are not often connected. It has become clear that communication between the two sectors is crucial for students and communities to thrive in the current housing crisis. Megan shares how her own upbringing used housing as the foundation for her educational journey and success.


How do housing policies impact child development? What role has land ownership played in our country’s individual rights? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Megan Gallagher is a Principal Research Associate at The Urban Institute. Her research focuses on how schools, housing, and community programs affect the lives of low-income children and families. Ms. Gallagher researches and evaluates housing and education collaborations designed to boost educational outcomes. She also conducts training and technical assistance for U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhoods grantees. 


Follow Megan Gallagher on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Check out her page on the Urban Institute’s website.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can’t Wait - School & Community Segregation: The Policy Issue of Our Time]]> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 07:00:27 GMT 48:40 6435f89fc2097f0011c12da5 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/6435f89fc2097f0011c12da5 6435f89fc2097f0011c12da5 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop takes a closer look at Integrated Schools and Communities with educators and scholars Dr. Jennifer B. Ayscue and Dr. Erica Frankenberg. 


With segregation on the rise in the United States, Southern natives Jennifer and Erica compare the history of desegregation with the inequities between schools with segregated student bodies today. Their experiences of growing up in the South led them to research how they can change the current conditions and promote integrated schools.


Why is integration important for all American students? What sorts of policies can facilitate greater integration in schools? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Jennifer B. Ayscue, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on desegregation and integration in K-12 schools and federal education policy. 


Erica Frankenberg, Ed.D., is Professor of Education and Demography and Director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests focus on racial desegregation and inequality in PK-12 schools, and the connections between school segregation and other federal, state, and metropolitan policies. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop takes a closer look at Integrated Schools and Communities with educators and scholars Dr. Jennifer B. Ayscue and Dr. Erica Frankenberg. 


With segregation on the rise in the United States, Southern natives Jennifer and Erica compare the history of desegregation with the inequities between schools with segregated student bodies today. Their experiences of growing up in the South led them to research how they can change the current conditions and promote integrated schools.


Why is integration important for all American students? What sorts of policies can facilitate greater integration in schools? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Jennifer B. Ayscue, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on desegregation and integration in K-12 schools and federal education policy. 


Erica Frankenberg, Ed.D., is Professor of Education and Demography and Director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests focus on racial desegregation and inequality in PK-12 schools, and the connections between school segregation and other federal, state, and metropolitan policies. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - Getting to the Bottom of Race, Place and the Environment Our Children Can’t Wait - Getting to the Bottom of Race, Place and the Environment Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:00:33 GMT 39:20 642c87c6a5f38c0011018fb3 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/642c87c6a5f38c0011018fb3 642c87c6a5f38c0011018fb3 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop investigates Environmental Hazards and Education Policy with educators and researchers Dr. Sara Grineski and Dr. Timothy Collins.

Combining their expertise in Sociology and Geography with Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Sara and Timothy have become an unstoppable team investigating how the locations of schools impact students' health and their ability to learn and are often exemplary of environmental racism.


What can we do to adopt policies to prevent pollutants from harming more generations of our kids, especially children of color? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Sara Grineski, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program at the University of Utah. She co-directs the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards and serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology. Her research focuses on environmental justice and children’s health and development. 


Timothy Collins, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program at the University of Utah, where he co-directs the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards. His research focuses on environmental justice, health disparities, and social vulnerability to environmental hazards and disasters. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop investigates Environmental Hazards and Education Policy with educators and researchers Dr. Sara Grineski and Dr. Timothy Collins.

Combining their expertise in Sociology and Geography with Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Sara and Timothy have become an unstoppable team investigating how the locations of schools impact students' health and their ability to learn and are often exemplary of environmental racism.


What can we do to adopt policies to prevent pollutants from harming more generations of our kids, especially children of color? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Sara Grineski, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program at the University of Utah. She co-directs the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards and serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology. Her research focuses on environmental justice and children’s health and development. 


Timothy Collins, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program at the University of Utah, where he co-directs the Center for Natural & Technological Hazards. His research focuses on environmental justice, health disparities, and social vulnerability to environmental hazards and disasters. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - Making Schools Healthy Places for Learning Our Children Can’t Wait - Making Schools Healthy Places for Learning Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:00:07 GMT 42:40 6424bacef80b220011b91350 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/6424bacef80b220011b91350 6424bacef80b220011b91350 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop addresses school health with experts Alex Mays and Rochelle Davis. 


As parents and a part of the Healthy Schools Campaign, Rochelle and Alex share how they became passionate for school health. From pesticides to sports to chronic health issues, they look at how such factors directly impact students’ ability to learn.


How do we define school health? What is the role of policy when it comes to school health? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Rochelle Davis is the Founder of the Healthy Schools Campaign and served as its President and CEO for over 20 years. Rochelle has extensive knowledge and experience in developing cross-sector partnerships to address system level change to support healthy schools, as well as policy development and advocacy at the local, state and federal levels. 


Alex Mays was most recently the Senior National Program Director at the Healthy Schools Campaign. Her work focuses on changing policies and systems at the local, state and federal levels to advance school health and wellness. Her recent efforts include working with states and school districts across the country to strengthen their school Medicaid programs and building partnerships between school districts and health care systems to meet student health needs


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop addresses school health with experts Alex Mays and Rochelle Davis. 


As parents and a part of the Healthy Schools Campaign, Rochelle and Alex share how they became passionate for school health. From pesticides to sports to chronic health issues, they look at how such factors directly impact students’ ability to learn.


How do we define school health? What is the role of policy when it comes to school health? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Rochelle Davis is the Founder of the Healthy Schools Campaign and served as its President and CEO for over 20 years. Rochelle has extensive knowledge and experience in developing cross-sector partnerships to address system level change to support healthy schools, as well as policy development and advocacy at the local, state and federal levels. 


Alex Mays was most recently the Senior National Program Director at the Healthy Schools Campaign. Her work focuses on changing policies and systems at the local, state and federal levels to advance school health and wellness. Her recent efforts include working with states and school districts across the country to strengthen their school Medicaid programs and building partnerships between school districts and health care systems to meet student health needs


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Our Children Can’t Wait - Reclaiming the Purpose of Public Education Our Children Can’t Wait - Reclaiming the Purpose of Public Education Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:00:38 GMT 40:08 6418ccc754300300118cb100 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/6418ccc754300300118cb100 6418ccc754300300118cb100 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop examines dismantling systemic racism with educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.


Rooted in his lived experiences, Dr. Howard reflects on the inequities embedded in predominantly Black communities and schools. He was taught that education was the path to transformation for himself, his community, and the country, which has informed his life work as an educator. His philosophy is that schools are where young people learn how to be citizens and have a direct impact on our society as a whole. 


What is the role of education policies in structural racism? Why do we continue to punish the most marginalized students? How can we support teachers? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Tyrone Howard, Ph.D. is the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair and Professor of Education in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. He is currently serving as President of the American Educational Research Association for 2023. His research focuses on educational equity and access for students in urban schools. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop examines dismantling systemic racism with educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.


Rooted in his lived experiences, Dr. Howard reflects on the inequities embedded in predominantly Black communities and schools. He was taught that education was the path to transformation for himself, his community, and the country, which has informed his life work as an educator. His philosophy is that schools are where young people learn how to be citizens and have a direct impact on our society as a whole. 


What is the role of education policies in structural racism? Why do we continue to punish the most marginalized students? How can we support teachers? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Tyrone Howard, Ph.D. is the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair and Professor of Education in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. He is currently serving as President of the American Educational Research Association for 2023. His research focuses on educational equity and access for students in urban schools. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can’t Wait - Redesigning Schools & Policies for the Whole Child PT. 2]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:00:16 GMT 45:08 6418ca1c54300300118c2e26 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/6418ca1c54300300118c2e26 6418ca1c54300300118c2e26 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop continues his conversation around whole child education with educator, leader, and scholar Channa Mae Cook, Ph.D.


Channa’s real life experiences span states and various roles in education. She offers stories of teaching in California to opening a school in New Orleans, right after Hurricane Katrina, and how in both instances the infrastructure and systems failed the students, despite educators' efforts. Those experiences propelled Channa to focus on researching how learning happens to attend to the needs of the whole child.


How do test scores currently affect the running of a school? How can we move away from the factory model of schooling? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Channa Mae Cook, Ph.D., is the executive director of District & School Support at Sacramento County Office of Education. Her background spans teaching and leading in both small charter schools and large districts as well as conducting research on science of learning and development, whole child practice and policy, and deeper learning. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop continues his conversation around whole child education with educator, leader, and scholar Channa Mae Cook, Ph.D.


Channa’s real life experiences span states and various roles in education. She offers stories of teaching in California to opening a school in New Orleans, right after Hurricane Katrina, and how in both instances the infrastructure and systems failed the students, despite educators' efforts. Those experiences propelled Channa to focus on researching how learning happens to attend to the needs of the whole child.


How do test scores currently affect the running of a school? How can we move away from the factory model of schooling? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Channa Mae Cook, Ph.D., is the executive director of District & School Support at Sacramento County Office of Education. Her background spans teaching and leading in both small charter schools and large districts as well as conducting research on science of learning and development, whole child practice and policy, and deeper learning. 


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is the Creative Director, and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can’t Wait - Redesigning Schools & Policies for the Whole Child PT. 1]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:00:03 GMT 19:19 640cf2af7af9a200114682b0 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/640cf2af7af9a200114682b0 640cf2af7af9a200114682b0 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop discusses whole child education with education scholar Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond.


Early in Dr. Darling-Hammond’s career, she taught at “big urban factory model high schools” and found that schools themselves are not designed for students to be successful. This set her on a path to work with educators and policymakers to redesign schools that empower students.


What is the science of learning? What are the pathways to stronger academic learning? How are schools being redesigned? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Dr. Linda Darling Hammond is President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and Professor of Education, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Her work, which connects issues of education policy and practice, focuses on teaching quality, school and system design, and educational equity. Among her more than 600 publications is the award-winning book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future. 


Follow Dr. Linda Darling Hammond on Twitter.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop discusses whole child education with education scholar Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond.


Early in Dr. Darling-Hammond’s career, she taught at “big urban factory model high schools” and found that schools themselves are not designed for students to be successful. This set her on a path to work with educators and policymakers to redesign schools that empower students.


What is the science of learning? What are the pathways to stronger academic learning? How are schools being redesigned? Find out on this episode of Our Children Can’t Wait.


Special Guest: Dr. Linda Darling Hammond is President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and Professor of Education, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Her work, which connects issues of education policy and practice, focuses on teaching quality, school and system design, and educational equity. Among her more than 600 publications is the award-winning book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future. 


Follow Dr. Linda Darling Hammond on Twitter.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can't Wait - There's No Racial Justice Without Community]]> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:41 GMT 38:14 63e2a941b86bee0011972b0c false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/63e2a941b86bee0011972b0c 63e2a941b86bee0011972b0c 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop takes a closer look into racial equity, testing in schools, and how issues play out differently in urban and rural America with educators and researchers Dr. Sonya Douglass and Anna Kushner.


Dr. Douglass and Anna, in many ways, have opposite backgrounds. Dr. Douglas is the product of the fifth largest school district in the country in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anna grew up in rural Virginia. However, both became educators and invested in addressing inequality. Their research focuses on communities. Much of education centers around the individual and individual achievement over community well-being, which is where equity needs to take place.


Who is the expert when it comes to education decision-making, someone with a Ph.D. or a longtime community member? What are the unintended consequences of the Brown decision? 


Special Guests: Sonya Douglass, Ed.D., is Professor of Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director of the Black Education Research Collective. Her research focuses on education leadership, policy, and politics.


Anna Kushner is a PhD student in Education Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. Their research interests include the politics of race, diversity, and equity in K-12 education and the role of community and student voice in education decision-making.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop takes a closer look into racial equity, testing in schools, and how issues play out differently in urban and rural America with educators and researchers Dr. Sonya Douglass and Anna Kushner.


Dr. Douglass and Anna, in many ways, have opposite backgrounds. Dr. Douglas is the product of the fifth largest school district in the country in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anna grew up in rural Virginia. However, both became educators and invested in addressing inequality. Their research focuses on communities. Much of education centers around the individual and individual achievement over community well-being, which is where equity needs to take place.


Who is the expert when it comes to education decision-making, someone with a Ph.D. or a longtime community member? What are the unintended consequences of the Brown decision? 


Special Guests: Sonya Douglass, Ed.D., is Professor of Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director of the Black Education Research Collective. Her research focuses on education leadership, policy, and politics.


Anna Kushner is a PhD student in Education Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. Their research interests include the politics of race, diversity, and equity in K-12 education and the role of community and student voice in education decision-making.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources straight to your inbox. 


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can't Wait - Making Children a National Priority]]> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:00:17 GMT 21:50 63e299b1319a55001135b355 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/63e299b1319a55001135b355 63e299b1319a55001135b355 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop breaks down the politics of children and children's rights with researcher and policymaker Bruce Lesley.


Growing up in a family of educators, Bruce has always been involved in child policy. He saw firsthand the importance of addressing the needs of kids and how kids are neglected in our nation’s policies. It is common that if you prompt people, they will say that they care deeply about various aspects of child policy. But kids quickly become an afterthought outside of educational policies.


How can we overcome the invisibility of children in policy? What is the Child Tax Credit? And, why did Congress abandon such an important policy in 2021? 


Special Guest: Bruce Lesley is the president of First Focus of Children, a research and policy development organization focused on improvements to public policy for children and families. He worked on Capitol Hill for a dozen years and has previous experience working at state and county levels of government and for a public hospital on policy development with an emphasis on child and family policy related to health care, social services, education, early childhood, and immigration policy.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


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]]> Joe Bishop breaks down the politics of children and children's rights with researcher and policymaker Bruce Lesley.


Growing up in a family of educators, Bruce has always been involved in child policy. He saw firsthand the importance of addressing the needs of kids and how kids are neglected in our nation’s policies. It is common that if you prompt people, they will say that they care deeply about various aspects of child policy. But kids quickly become an afterthought outside of educational policies.


How can we overcome the invisibility of children in policy? What is the Child Tax Credit? And, why did Congress abandon such an important policy in 2021? 


Special Guest: Bruce Lesley is the president of First Focus of Children, a research and policy development organization focused on improvements to public policy for children and families. He worked on Capitol Hill for a dozen years and has previous experience working at state and county levels of government and for a public hospital on policy development with an emphasis on child and family policy related to health care, social services, education, early childhood, and immigration policy.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources straight to your inbox. 


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can't Wait - How the Civil Rights Movement is Still Shaping Education Policy Today]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:00:17 GMT 34:00 63e28bdd45a81300104df074 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/63e28bdd45a81300104df074 63e28bdd45a81300104df074 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop examines the history of the Civil Rights Movement and education with educators, policymakers and activists Arnold Fege and John Jackson.

Both Chicago natives explain how the city shaped their view on policymaking. From a young age, they both were exposed to the inequities that exists based on one's zip code and the lack of resource equity between the different parts of the city and its suburbs. 


How did the civil rights movement shape education policy in America? Does the ruling of Brown vs. Board still impact housing and employment today?


Special Guests: Arnold F. Fege is the president of Public Advocacy for Kids, a Washington, DC based organization focused solely on federal and national public education and child advocacy based on the intersection of research and practice and raising the voices of minority and low-come parents and students. Fege brings over 40 years of public and non-profit experience as a teacher, principal, director of desegregation, staff assistant to Senator Robert F Kennedy, AP Vietnam war reporter, governmental relations director for the National PTA, and director of advocacy for the Public Education Network to issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, power and voice. 


John H. Jackson, Ed.D. is President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education- a public foundation focused on resourcing racial and education justice organizations and campaigns. He is a former lecturer of Race, Gender and Public Policy at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Education.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources straight to your inbox. 


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]]> Joe Bishop examines the history of the Civil Rights Movement and education with educators, policymakers and activists Arnold Fege and John Jackson.

Both Chicago natives explain how the city shaped their view on policymaking. From a young age, they both were exposed to the inequities that exists based on one's zip code and the lack of resource equity between the different parts of the city and its suburbs. 


How did the civil rights movement shape education policy in America? Does the ruling of Brown vs. Board still impact housing and employment today?


Special Guests: Arnold F. Fege is the president of Public Advocacy for Kids, a Washington, DC based organization focused solely on federal and national public education and child advocacy based on the intersection of research and practice and raising the voices of minority and low-come parents and students. Fege brings over 40 years of public and non-profit experience as a teacher, principal, director of desegregation, staff assistant to Senator Robert F Kennedy, AP Vietnam war reporter, governmental relations director for the National PTA, and director of advocacy for the Public Education Network to issues of equity, diversity, inclusion, power and voice. 


John H. Jackson, Ed.D. is President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education- a public foundation focused on resourcing racial and education justice organizations and campaigns. He is a former lecturer of Race, Gender and Public Policy at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Education.  


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources straight to your inbox. 


Support the work of CTS with a financial gift here.


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]]> <![CDATA[Our Children Can't Wait - We Are All Policymakers]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:00:40 GMT 24:43 63e27dec4e897a0011fc72ae false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/63e27dec4e897a0011fc72ae 63e27dec4e897a0011fc72ae 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 full Joe Bishop introduces Our Children Can't Wait podcast series about the systems and structures that keep our kids from flourishing with the help of the educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.


Dr. Howard interviews Joe about his inspiration for the book and podcast. After years of observing a professional disconnect between education issues and students’ living situations and environments, Joe wanted to create a policy playbook compiled by the top experts in the country to showcase how policy includes more than standards, teacher preparation, higher education, and accountability. 


Who are policymakers? What happens when we set standards for helping one another? Why are we scared to see ourselves as policy shapers? 


Joseph Bishop, PhD, is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools in UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies. His research explores the role of policy in our society, specifically its impact on historically marginalized communities in education settings. He spent the past few years writing and editing the book Our Children Can’t Wait with 25 other contributors, who you'll hear from more in future episodes. 


Special Guest: Tyrone Howard, Ph.D. is the Pritzker Endowed chair and professor of education in the School of Education Studies at UCLA. He was elected president-elect of the American Educational Research Association in 2022. His research focuses on educational equity and access for students in urban schools.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources, straight to your inbox. 


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]]> Joe Bishop introduces Our Children Can't Wait podcast series about the systems and structures that keep our kids from flourishing with the help of the educator and researcher Dr. Tyrone Howard.


Dr. Howard interviews Joe about his inspiration for the book and podcast. After years of observing a professional disconnect between education issues and students’ living situations and environments, Joe wanted to create a policy playbook compiled by the top experts in the country to showcase how policy includes more than standards, teacher preparation, higher education, and accountability. 


Who are policymakers? What happens when we set standards for helping one another? Why are we scared to see ourselves as policy shapers? 


Joseph Bishop, PhD, is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools in UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies. His research explores the role of policy in our society, specifically its impact on historically marginalized communities in education settings. He spent the past few years writing and editing the book Our Children Can’t Wait with 25 other contributors, who you'll hear from more in future episodes. 


Special Guest: Tyrone Howard, Ph.D. is the Pritzker Endowed chair and professor of education in the School of Education Studies at UCLA. He was elected president-elect of the American Educational Research Association in 2022. His research focuses on educational equity and access for students in urban schools.


Our Children Can't Wait is a podcast by the Center for the Transformation of Schools in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Joe Bishop is the host. Elizabeth Windom is the Producer. Julia Windom is the Associate Producer. Geneva Sum is a Creative Director and Senior Producer is Jay Woodward. Our Children Can't Wait is a companion to the book of the same name, Our Children Can't Wait. Available now from Teachers College Press and Amazon. Our Children Can't Wait is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.


Join the CTS mailing list: new research, events, tools & resources, straight to your inbox. 


Support the work of CTS with a financial gift here.


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]]> <![CDATA[OCCW - Introducing: Our Children Can't Wait]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:26:45 GMT 1:58 63d92526bff4140010fef562 false https://shows.acast.com/our-children-cant-wait/episodes/63d92526bff4140010fef562 63d92526bff4140010fef562 63d8084c2eedb000118a9c50 trailer Our Children Can't Wait is a new podcast about the systems and structures that keep our kids from flourishing. Hosted by Dr. Joe Bishop, author of the book and Executive Director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS). Joe invites you to unpack these issues together with a remarkable national network of scholars and changemakers. They share solutions to a new roadmap through honest and insightful conversations. Join us every Wednesday starting February 15th.



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]]> Our Children Can't Wait is a new podcast about the systems and structures that keep our kids from flourishing. Hosted by Dr. Joe Bishop, author of the book and Executive Director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS). Joe invites you to unpack these issues together with a remarkable national network of scholars and changemakers. They share solutions to a new roadmap through honest and insightful conversations. Join us every Wednesday starting February 15th.



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