High School Mathematics Teacher and Washington Ethnic Studies Now Secretary Director Shraddha Shirude joins host Maria Zavala for a discussion on her mathematics origin story, what it means to teach mathematics for/with ethnic studies, and how teachers can learn more about the ethnic studies frameworks they are developing. More information at https://waethnicstudies.com/

This episode Maria chats with Just Equations' new Mathematics Educator in Residence, Francesca Henderson. They talk about Francesca's love of mathematics, experiences as a teacher and administrator, her passion for social justice, and other topics relevant to our current distance learning crisis and beyond. Be sure to follow her work at justequations.org Register for the webinar on Nov 17 12:00 p.m. PT called Social Justice Math in Action here: https://justequations.org/resource/social-justice-math-in-action-webinar/

This episode we talk with the lead authors of the recent TODOS Blog post on voting, voter rights and suppression, and new considerations for voting in the time of COVID. Thank you to Dee Crescitelli, Juan Gerardo, Silvia Llamas-Flores and Carlos LópezLeiva. Read the entirety of the blog post at https://www.todos-math.org/the-todos-blog

How do teachers and families work together towards educational change, utilizing organizing traditions? Melissa Adams Corral, a teacher from Texas who is now in graduate school at the Ohio State University, and who has a background in community organizing, shares her perspective and experiences with us on how to approach genuine collaboration with parents – particularly parents from historically marginalized populations. Read an article she wrote for the Heinemann blog on organizing parents for educational change: https://medium.com/@heinemann/demanding-equity-organizing-parents-to-fight-tracking-6e97e94ce48b And read her chapter in the NCTM published Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education, 2018: https://www.nctm.org/Store/Products/Annual-Perspectives-in-Mathematics-Education-2018/ Link to TODOS Commentary Papers including the one on parents as Educational Partners here: https://www.todos-math.org/statements

Today our guests are the guest editors of a new two-part special issue of Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics (TEEM)on multilingual learners in mathematics classrooms. Zandra de Araujo, Sara Roberts, Craig Willey and Bill Zahner as the talk about the new research articles, translanguaging, and the connections between teaching mathematics to multilingual students and current debates on immigration. Resources mentioned in this episode: TEEM: https://www.todos-math.org/teem CEMELA https://cemela.math.arizona.edu/home English Learners in the K-12 Mathematics Classroom: Review of the Research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/0034654318798093?casa_token=5zelv3DOOg4AAAAA:I9iaHZzbDUgVEE2WIOqD45e_k2hRWUx5OEyx6ivfXqk8y-bpNrvCyCS1j_Bckj9tFZouCyG_w6nZNA

What will the 2020-2021 school year be like? What are teachers looking forward to, worried about, hoping for their students' families and communities? In the second of a 2-part episode, 2 Spanish dual-immersion elementary school teachers share their thoughts as their school years begin. This episode is primarily in Spanish. Featuring: Frank Lara, San Francisco Unified School District (California) Sonia Girón, Albuquerque Public Schools (New Mexico) There's a part in this episode where Frank shares how his filters on zoom work. Images at the doc linked below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GVGqvEIlQC9zYfey6wi4Rk3sn8Ae2iVlrnkuyqldwSc/edit?usp=sharing

What will the 2020-2021 school year be like? What are teachers looking forward to, worried about, hoping for their students' families and communities? In the first of a 2-part episode, 3 high school mathematics teachers share their thoughts as their school years begin. Featuring: Ana Miguel, Coachella Valley Unified (California) Lisett Sierra, Salt Lake City Schools (Utah) Schavion Smith, Fairfax County Schools (Virginia)

We end our first podcast season with a topic that is on all of our minds: relationships! How do we search for and cultivate meaningful professional relationships as mentors or mentees? What does it mean to decolonize the mentor/mentee relationship? Briana Rodriguez of Los Angeles, CA was a mathematics high school teacher prior to her move, and is currently a doctoral students and advisee of Dr. Kari Kokka at the University of Pittsburg, PA. They reflect on their advisee/advisor relationship with each other, and what is means to build meaningful relationships with students in high school classrooms. Links to learn more about the research and activism of Dr. Kokka: www.karikokka.com https://www.education.pitt.edu/people/KarenKokka

How are you doing right now? What is the moment we are in and what might we reflect on prior to the start of a new school year? Dr. Farima Pour-Khorshid is a teacher, activist, and researcher in healing and wellness. She joined us for a conversation about health, teaching, and learning in pandemic times. Get ready for real talk that is inspirational and deeply reflective. Check out Farima's work here: Farima's Collection of Hella COVID-19 Teaching/Learning/Wellness Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LMJeebStOBVFpey9AnV9OCvU2JuDXXAsTxBfMuhOawY/edit?usp=sharing Keynote for 2020 3rd Annual Central Coast Social Justice Education Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NchK3Gxuxrg&feature=youtu.be The Flourish Agenda: https://flourishagenda.com/ Her academic profile can be found here https://usfca.academia.edu/FarimaPourKhorshidPhD

What is meaningful mathematics assessment, particularly for high school and undergraduate mathematics courses? Is our current pandemic a good time to rethinking assessment practices? This episode features audio from the webinar they hosted on April 9, 2020, as well as audio from a conversation they had a few weeks later. Dr. Ruiz and Dr. Nguyen stir up some ideas and share some examples. Watch the full webinar and access their resources at our TODOS Live webpage: https://www.todos-math.org/todos-live-#April9