The Privileged Voices in Education 4.0
The people that are often praised as education leaders, no matter where they might sit on the " politics of education reform" spectrum — the right or the left, from the public or private sector, "insiders" or "outsiders" — often share a lot in common: namely, their privilege. Their class privilege. Their gender privilege. Their racial privilege. Their age privilege. Their health privilege. Their credential privilege.
We need to stop and ask: whose voices are we hearing? Whose voices are we ignoring? Whose voices are we amplifying? Whose voices are we squelching?
Furthermore, we need to examine how diversity currently looks like, versus what true inclusivity, equity, and social justice look like on their face. Even though more people seem to be embracing the message of having different faces, the same agendas keep coming to the fore.
Educator Jose Vilson, writer Rusul Alrubail, and journalist Audrey Watters will talk about the "Top 10" lists that get crafted, the awards and the recognition that get given, and how we can address questions of diversity (or the lack of diversity) therein. They'll chat race, class, gender and the future of education, how privilege plays out in the politics of education, and how it plays out in those we send into the public sphere to articulate our political (and pedagogical) positions. We’ll also discuss any number of hashtags, the presidential election and its effects on this dialogue, and the continued pindrop silence from too many educators.
Conversational Practice
We could start with a question that seems to be popular among ed(tech) bloggers: who are the most prominent voices in education? Let's reflect on who these are? Who's missing? This session will begin as a conversation between Vilson, Watters, and Alrubail, but the goal is to open some of our provocations up to the larger audience.
Conversation Links
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Laura ThomasAntioch University New England/ Edutopia
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Adina Sullivan-MarlowSan Diego County Office of Education
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eric fieldmanCollingswood HS
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Darlynn AlfallaWagner Middle School MS167
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Bill FitzgeraldCommon Sense Media
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Kevin Jarrett
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Alex ShevrinCenterpoint School
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Renee MooreMississippi Delta Community College, Center for Teaching Quality, #EduColor
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Shana WhiteConstellations Center for Equity in Computing/Georgia Institute of Technology
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Barbara BrayRethinking Learning
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Mike RitziusNew Jersey Education Association
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Diana PottsScience Leadership Academy Middle School
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Erin Franzinger BarrettChicago Public Schools
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Tanisha BezueMastery Charter School
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Cindy Sabik
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Tim LehmanBethany Christian Schools
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Sharlean PillayScience Leadership Academy Middle School
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Robert ZeitlinSchool District of Philadelphia
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Ruben Brosbe
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Jessica TysonOakland Technical High School
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Latasha Norfleet
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Kelsey SpeerPh.D. Candidate, future teacher
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Christian Kunkel
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Roxanne Coupal
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Courtney Crawford
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Steven Campbell
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Aleena Ijaz
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Susan BlethenBurlington High School
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Michael Darfler
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Gina Angelillo
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Grace O'KeeffeHudson High School of Learning Technologies
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Philip CummingsPresbyterian Day School
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Marcus Wright
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Edwin Minguela
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Freya MercerSaratoga Springs CSD
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Javier Bastos
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Hugh Culik
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Kristin HOKANSONSchool Lane Charter School
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Sean WheelerDesign Lab ECHS - Cleveland Municipal; School District
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Abby BakerRussell Byers Charter School
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Cassandra GaulGeorgia Virtual School
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Jennifer OrrFort Belvoir Upper School
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Peggy GeorgeClassroom 2.0 LIVE
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Barbara TreacyHGSE
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Kristina Peters
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Margaret SislerFairfax County Public Schools
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Ed Allen
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Jeffrey McClurkenUniversity of Mary Washington
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Matt MoranDwight School
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Sarah Lesser
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Janae Hoffler
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Autumm CainesCapital University
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Karen BlumbergThe Brearley School
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Caitlin Thompson
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Whitney HoffmanKennett Consolidated School District
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Lisa NielsenNYC Schools
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Karen LaBonte
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Diane CarruthersPrincipal, Lehman Alternative Community School
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Samuel Reed IIIU School / Philadelphia Writing Project
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