The Way Out Is Back Through - E7 - Asian Americans & #NCed

E7 - Asian Americans & #NCed

08/07/22 • 69 min

Asian Americans have long occupied a precarious position in American society; they are just as likely to be valorized as the so-called "model minority" as they are ostracized and seen as perpetual foreigners. During this episode, we take a deep dive into how we got here, and provide perspectives on ways teachers need to see, understand, and interrupt anti-asian stereotypes. We'll hear from local Asian American students, parents, and educators at Hortons Creek Elementary in NC to get their perspective on how schools can and should become more culturally and community responsive in order to better serve all students and families who are part of our community.
Guests include:
Dr. Sandy Chambers - Principal at Hortons Creek Elementary
Supriya Vasudevan - 3rd Grade Teacher at Hortons Creek Elementary
Suruchika Bhatia - Lead IA at Hortons Creek Elementary
Nicki Lee - Counselor at Hortons Creek Elementary
Aravand - High School Student
Navam - Middle School Student
Dr. Nicholas Hartlep - Chair of the Department of Education Studies at Berea College, creator of the Model Minority Stereotype Project
Dr. Chris Suh - Assistant Professor of History at Emory University
Soukprida Phetmisy - National Senior Managing Director, Asian American & Pacific Islander Community Alliances at Teach for America
Jimmy Patel-Nguyen - Communications Director, North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT)
Ricky Leung - Co-founder of NCAAT and Program Director at NCAAT in Action
Music provided by Blue Dot Sessions. The theme song "Mirrors" is by Joseph McDade.

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E6: Washington School (Pt 2 - Legacies)

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The Washington School is likely the oldest continually-operating public school in the city of Raleigh, since we can trace it's beginnings all the way back to the 1860s. During Part 1, we learned about the school's origins and the critical community organizing that took place in order to establish Raleigh's first Black High School in 1923. Today, Washington is a Gifted and Talented Magnet Elementary School and the children and staff that fill it's classrooms today look different than they did nearly a hundred years ago.
Join Dr. Chaunte Garrett and Michael Parker West as they dive into the legacies of this important community landmark and confront some important questions that get at the heart of modern magnet schools and the larger unified Wake County Public School System.

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Identity Affirming Classrooms

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All instruction is culturally responsive. The question is: to whose culture is it responsive? The idea that public schools should focus on nothing but "the basics" of reading, writing, and arithmetic is not only wrong morally, but it's wrong scientifically too, because the research is crystal-clear: feeling seen, safe, and affirmed in the classroom is literally a prerequisite for learning anything else. In this episode, Bria Wright joins as co-host and we dive into identity and how we can tap into our own as well as those of our students to become more culturally and community-responsive in our practice. Special guest Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera, author of the book Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces That Center Humanity joins to ground our conversation in the research and also her personal experience as an educator and director of equity for Washington Township Schools, a district on the outskirts of Indianapolis, Indiana. Thanks also to Dr. Jeff Duncan Andrade and Dr. Fabienne Ducet for contributing as well.
Music provided by Blue Dot Sessions, the theme song Mirrors is by Joseph McDade.