To educators like UCLA’s Dr. Annamarie Francois, schools aren’t just sites for reading and math, but instead are the moral, political, and social centers of our democracy. As the Executive Director of UCLA’s Center X, Dr. Francois has led decades of leadership and innovation efforts to support marginalized school communities. She joins us this week to explore how educators and schools of education should meet the moment and defend a humanizing, democratic vision of schooling. But first, Jeff and Manuel take a look at recent headlines in education including a proposal in California to eliminate attendance-based school funding and a call in Forbes (yes, that Forbes) to address the looming teacher crisis facing our schools.
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AGENDA
0:00 - Welcome!
7:12 - CA may eliminate ADA funding formulas
19:30 - What to do about the teacher crisis?
33:07 - Schooling for democracy w/ Dr. Francois
1:12:50 - Abbott Elementary is dopeness!
DO-NOW STORIES:
Bill Aims to Shift CA to Enrollment-Based Funding for K-12 Schools
Why Education is about to reach a crisis of epic proportion
More from our guest:
Book: Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators
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