Andrea Bazemore's show The Black Apple

MLK Day is around the corner. How do you plan to celebrate? What action steps are you taking? And how do you plan to teach the concepts of social justice to mark such an important day? Not sure to any of these answers...well then take a listen!

Building empathy is very important for me as a teacher. I knew that students hadn't gained a deep understanding of privilege, so I took the time to do an activity that exercised my students' notion of privilege meanwhile giving them the knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

September is Hispanic Heritage Month. This month, I've been covering a person influential to hispanic heritage every week, with an in-depth study. Hear how I taught about Frida Kahlo and her message of self-love.

In this episode, I talk about what happens when you include parents to be apart of the learning process. You'll hear a story from my actual classroom that I have today and what I learned about inclusion and family engagement.

DACA was recently eliminated and teachers have questions about how to teach DACA to their students. Hear what I did in my classroom and how talking about current events is important.

English Language Learners are a growing part of our school communities. How can we learn to teach ELL students effectively while keeping true to their authentic culture?