On The Front Burner
By Sonoma County Office of Ed.
On The Front BurnerJul 30, 2019
Seeing Our Native Students
We interview Taylor Pennewell and Madison Esposito, founders of Redbud Resource Group and authors of Seeing Our Native Students, about resources for teaching native students and about a new framework for creating healthy communities.
Rethinking Coding Education
We interview Tara Chklowski, CEO and founder of Technovation, about how coding education is not providing the opportunities for success students need in the 21st century.
Has Coding Education Failed the Kids it was Supposed to Help Most https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/01/29/has-coding-education-failed-the-kids-it-was-supposed-to-help-most.aspx
College and Career Readiness
We interview Elliot Washer of Big Picture Learning and Hamish Gray a Senior Vice President of Keysight Technologies
Preparing students and young people for their future can be very different than many educators and adults realize today. The demands of 21st Century careers are changing and will continue to change. Therefore, when educators work to prepare students to be College AND Career ready, we can not continue to educate students in the way that we adults were educated. This podcast explores how and why we need to think of preparing students to be College and Career Ready from two experts.
Climate Change Education
We interview Mary DeMocker, author of The Parents' Guide to Climate Revolution, about ways students and teachers can learn about and fight climate change.
Mary will have a free workshop in Sebastopol, CA on October 20, 2019. You can learn more about the workshop and register at http://solarschoolhouse.org/teachclimate20191020/
Here are links to some of the resources discussed in this podcast:
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
Confronting White Nationalism in Schools
We interview Chicago educator and activist Nora Flanagan, coauthor of "Confronting White Nationalism in Schools: A Toolkit."
You can get a free copy of the toolkit from the Western States Center: https://www.westernstatescenter.org/schools
To join the groups Facebook page visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolsconfronting/
NASA's Past and Future
We interview Walt Engelund, director of space technology and exploration at NASA Langley, to learn about NASA's past and future missions as well as resources available to educators and students.
Additional NASA education resources can be found at these links:
NASA Education Resources
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/index.html
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/
https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/best/index.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/modernfigures_toolkit_interactive_0.pdf
The Bracero Program
We interview Nate Sleeter, postdoctoral fellow at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, about the Bracero History Archive and the Bracero Program.
Here are some resources for more information on the Bracero Program
Bracero Archive http://braceroarchive.org/
CLIC Project Bracero Program Page https://californiahss.org/BraceroProgram.html