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  • Journalist Ebony Reed on the Black-White Wealth Gap

    Journalist Ebony Reed on the Black-White Wealth Gap
    2024/09/16
    Yale School of Management professor Ebony Reed, a seasoned journalist who is also the Chief Strategy Officer at The Marshall Project, a news outlet focused on the justice system, discusses the intersection of race and money, how the current Black/white wealth gap compares to the gap after the Civil War, and how we should talk to our kids about wealth. Ebony’s new book, co-authored with Louise Story, is Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap.
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    25 分
  • Bill Dussault on the History of Special Education Law and What Needs to Happen Now

    Bill Dussault on the History of Special Education Law and What Needs to Happen Now
    2024/07/16
    Game-changing disability rights attorney Bill Dussault discusses how Washington state’s special education law came to be, how Washington’s law impacted federal policy and the creation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, what needs to happen next with Washington’s special education system, and what we in the community can do to help make the necessary changes happen.
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    29 分
  • Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on the Power of Student Voice

    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on the Power of Student Voice
    2024/05/14
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, New York Times bestselling author and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University, discusses whether you can be a fan of consumer sports like the NFL and still criticize them, how we can disrupt America's systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and why it's important to value and respect the leadership of our youth.
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    26 分
  • The Alliance of Innovative Educational Redesign (AIER)

    The Alliance of Innovative Educational Redesign (AIER)
    2024/01/07
    In this episode, Spokane Regional Field Director Kenji Linane-Booey interviews Mike Poutiatine, Charlie Wolff, and Eric Jurasin of the Alliance of Innovative Educational Redesign (AIER) about the importance of choice school programs in the Spokane region and the School Choice Fair AIER is hosting on January 18th at The Hive.
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    52 分
  • Blaire Penry, the 2024 Washington state Teacher of the Year

    Blaire Penry, the 2024 Washington state Teacher of the Year
    2023/12/07
    In this episode, we interview Blaire Penry, the 2024 Washington state Teacher of the Year, about how career technical education and fine arts can be taught in an equitable way, how her students lead their learning, how to create culturally responsive practices at the school district level, and how she would change Washington state’s education system if she were in charge and there were no budgetary constraints.
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    25 分
  • Student Profile - Adar Abdi, a Senior at Evergreen High School in Highline Public Schools

    Student Profile - Adar Abdi, a Senior at Evergreen High School in Highline Public Schools
    2023/07/03
    In this episode, League of Education Voters Interim Co-CEO / Communications Director Arik Korman interviews Adar Abdi, a senior at Evergreen High School in Highline Public Schools, a Running Start student at South Seattle College, the Director of Community Outreach for the Washington state Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC), and a current King County Equity Cabinet member.

    Adar discusses her education journey, how she envisions life after high school, and how she would change Washington state’s education system if she were in charge and there were no budgetary constraints.
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    11 分
  • Student Profile - Jeremiah Audet, a Sophomore at Rogers High School in Spokane

    Student Profile - Jeremiah Audet, a Sophomore at Rogers High School in Spokane
    2023/06/16
    In this episode, League of Education Voters Interim Co-CEO / Communications Director Arik Korman interviews Jeremiah Audet, a sophomore at Rogers High School in Spokane Public Schools and a member of the Student Potential Youth Advisory Council (SPYAC), part of the Investing in Student Potential coalition that was created to design systems to give every learner what they need, when they need it.

    Jeremiah discusses his education journey, how he envisions life after high school, and how he would change Washington state’s education system if he were in charge and there were no budgetary constraints.
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    9 分
  • Isolation and Restraint in Washington state Schools

    Isolation and Restraint in Washington state Schools
    2023/03/17
    Isolation and restraint in schools hurts our most vulnerable students. In this episode, League of Education Voters Acting CEO Arik Korman discusses alternatives to isolation and restraint of students, policies that can be implemented at the school district level to support school leaders and staff, and direct impacts of isolation and restraint on students.

    We were honored to interview:

    • Justin Hendrickson, Principal at South Shore PreK-8 in Seattle Public Schools


    • Liza Rankin, Vice President of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors


    • Dorian Taylor, a survivor of isolation and restraint practices who now works to advance disability justice at the county level


    • Chris Baglien, a survivor of isolation and restraint practices who now is a father and a student in a postsecondary automotive program in Skagit County
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    45 分