K-12 Public Education Insights: Empowering Parents of Color — Trends, Tactics, and Topics That Impact POC
Raising kids can be tough! I know because I’ve been a single mom who raised two kids on my own. And when they get in the K-12 public education system, learning the ins and outs of that system can get you all tangled up, especially when you’re a parent of color (POC). You need to be aware of the current trends, tactics, and topics, as well as the necessary resources to navigate within the system. That’s what the K-12 Public Education Insights: Empowering Parents of Color podcast is all about — providing you with tools, information, and practical actions to help you and your children succeed within the complexities of K-12 public education.
K-12 Public Education Insights: Empowering Parents of Color — Trends, Tactics, and Topics That Impact POC
Latest Episodes
Episode 175: The Success Sequence's Teaching of Family Values In Schools
Some lawmakers want a “success sequence” taught in schools: finish high school, work full-time, get married, then have children. That sounds like simple advice until you ask the real question: Is K-12 public education helping students build res...
Episode 174: When School Tech Tools Multiply But Learning Does Not
Schools have never had more educational technology, and yet many parents are still asking the same question at the kitchen table: Is all this screen time actually helping my child learn? I dig into what’s driving the growing pushback against ed...
Episode 173: Screens Are Replacing The Skills Kids Need For School
Your child can be bright, curious, and loved deeply at home and still walk into kindergarten missing the skills that make school work. That’s the gap I tackle today, because early educators are sounding the alarm: more students are arriving at ...
Episode 172: Gentle Parenting Meets Shoelaces And Loses
Kids used to learn toilet training and shoe tying like a normal rite of passage. Now, early childhood educators are saying something has shifted, and it is showing up in classrooms as weaker fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self-regulatio...
Episode 171: When Classroom Behavior Breaks Down, Parents Are Blamed
Classroom disruption isn’t a punchline anymore. Teachers across the country are reporting more disrespect, more disengagement, and, in some cases, behavior that becomes unsafe, and families are being pulled into a tense question: Who is respons...
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