{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Authority Podcast — Expert Insights and Fresh Ideas for Education Leaders","title":"Teaching for Racial Equity with Tonya Perry, Steven Zemelman and Katy Smith","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2431,"description":"Today, we welcome the three co-authors of Teaching for Racial Equity: Becoming Interrupters, published by Stenhouse. The book was named as one of three winners in the Best Book for Educators category of the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards, presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education.\n \nThe discussion includes:\nWhat it means to be an “interrupter”\nCritical love, critical humility, and critical reflection\nHow the authors collaborated and learned from one another\n“Find your people”\nThe “a-ha moments” with students\nExamples from the book’s educator contributors that simply illustrate “good teaching,” with respect to engaging students and getting them into the material\nWhere readers can begin with the book, based on their prior level of experience with explicit equity work and research\nOur guests’ book recommendations for educators:  Not Light, but Fire by Matthew Kay, Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad\nRecommendations for students: Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith\nTeaching for Racial Equity is available from Stenhouse. Find it here: https://bit.ly/3jZN5RV\n \nSubscribe to The Authority to get more deep-dive interviews with education authors. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts. Visit https://bepodcast.network to learn more about the Be Podcast Network for educators.\n \nAbout today’s guests\nTonya B. Perry is a Professor of Secondary English Education and serves as the Executive Director for GEAR UP Alabama and the Red Mountain Writing Project at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.\n \nSteve Zemelman is a founder of the Illinois Writing Project. He’s helped start innovative small schools in Chicago and promotes student civic engagement there. His most recent book is From Inquiry to Action: Civic Engagement with Project-Based Learning in All Content Areas.\n \nKaty Smith is a Professor of Secondary Education and a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dTOKoLexSWdGS9m1xLLhBBOf_FONz2hkdXtwCfQ_FHk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTUwLzE2ODM5/MDYwNDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}