Testing America's Freedom

Want a deep dive into the history of equity and public schooling in the U.S.? Education policy expert and former elementary school principal Dr. Aaliyah Samuel is your guide through revealing discussions with education experts across the US examining the history of race and education. Topics include impacts of desegregation, school funding, testing, curriculum, and much more. Subscribe for a one-of-a-kind look at the problems and possibilities of education in America. Covering history from the 1950's through now, Testing America’s Freedom looks at policies put in place to perpetuate inequities based on race as well as discussing urgent solutions needed for schools and students in the wake of COVID19. The first episode features Dr. Samuel’s moving introduction to the topic, including her life-changing meeting with Civil Rights hero Minnijean Brown-Trickey and a look at a devastating artifact of racial prejudice, the Charlottesville Letter. The series concludes with an inspiring conversation with a group of student leaders from two different states.This limited podcast series was produced by NWEA, a leader in education research and pioneer in adaptive assessments. To find out more about our work, visit nwea.org.
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- 5 Episodes
Clarifying & Cogent
12/07/2020
As a proud NJ public high school teacher and 2nd year doctoral student at Rutgers University specializing in race, ethnicity, education, and culture, I can offer this: I needed to be writing today, or at the very least, grading student work or crafting lesson plans. Instead, as I was scrolling through some Google Scholar content, NWEA appeared as a reference. I’d never heard of the company, so I looked it up and found this podcast. This was completely accidental. Five hours later, listening to the last episode, all the kids speaking their truth and using their voices in such powerful ways, I felt uplifted and inspired to stop cleaning my now VERY clean apartment (a favorite activity whilst podcasting) to write this review. THANK YOU for putting this out into the universe. It has helped inform me further in quest to better understand the work that still needs to be done to finally achieve economic, racial, and ethnic justice in American schools. Kristen Mehrbach Somerville, NJ
Powerful podcast!
10/08/2020
Such an insightful, thoughtful podcast series about race and public schools through discussions with current and future leaders in education.
Insightful and inspiring
09/29/2020
Dr. Samuel is the perfect guide to education policy in these turbulent and transformative times. With skill and grace she leads necessary conversations that is fascinating, difficult, and evocative. The show serves as a call to action for all who want to change the way our nation educates its kids.
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- CreatorNWEA
- Years Active2K
- Episodes5
- RatingExplicit
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