In this episode, we speak with recipients of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Networks For School Improvement Grants about how they are using the money to improve schools. You’ll hear from u003ca href=u0022http://newyorkschooltalk.org/2019/07/in-yonkers-teachers-leaders-are-the-unit-of-change-a-report-from-the-field/u0022u003eTracy Fray-Oliveru003c/au003e of the Bank Street College of Education about how the history of segregation is still affecting Yonkers area schools and from Derek S. Mitchell, Ph.D. of Partners In School Innovation about the best way to engage with teachers about social justice issues. [spp-player url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/voices4ed/31_-_Education_Post_-_Go_Yonkers_Go_Philly.mp3] [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“What’s been so powerful about this process is that it has created a space for teachers to be really honest and open about how they show up to this work.” – Tracy Fray-Oliveru0022] u003ch1u003eEpisode Details:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eHow Tracy’s experience with educational inequity as a student informs her work as an educatoru003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow the Bank Street School is using their NSI fundingu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow the history of segregation is still affecting Yonkers area schoolsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy Derek Mitchell got into education reformu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow Partners In School Innovation using their NSI fundingu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe best way to engage with teachers about social justice issuesu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003ch1u003eLinks Mentioned:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/networks-for-school-improvement/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eNetworks For School Improvementu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/staff/tracy-fray-oliver/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eTracy Fray-Oliver – Bank Street College of Educationu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.partnersinschools.org/team/derek-s-mitchell-ph-d/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eCEO Derek S. Mitchell, Ph.D. – Partners in School Innovationu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/valentinakorkesu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@valentinakorkesu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“To serve people well means to use language that has power for them. In addition, you need the language to be actionable.” – Derek S. Mitchellu0022]
Episode 31: Go Yonkers! Go Philly! (feat. Tracy Fray-Oliver & Derek S. Mitchell, Ph.D.)
