Hear from experienced teacher-leader, Vivett Dukes, in this week’s podcast as she shares important insights into creating supportive environments for students with incarcerated loved ones. Vivett, who is also the Founder of SpeakYaTruth.org, was one of the Collaborative’s webinar speakers this past Spring, where she elaborated on this very topic and discussed ways that educators can address bias, create a care culture, and facilitate difficult conversations in a safe space.

Learn more about Vivett and her work here.

Learn about some of the challenges and wins experienced by students with disabilities and their families, including multilingual families, during remote learning. Diana Biagioli, Family Educator at IncludeNYC, discusses this and more in the Collaborative’s latest podcast.

If you know a family that needs additional support, please share IncludeNYC’s helpline number: 212-677-4660 for English / 212-677-4668 para español. Additional resources can be found here.

Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education at UMass Amherst and author of Black Appetite. White Food.: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom, Jamila Lyiscott, recently spoke at the Collaborative for Inclusive Education’s Annual Conference.

In her timely keynote address, Jamila discussed the rich possibilities for reimagining and nourishing the future of equitable education, especially for students of color, so that we can develop critical, tangible hope to support the building of essential new futures.

Watch this clip from her keynote address about the importance of acknowledging and assessing our students’ experiences when discussing equity and race with them.

Jamila Lysicott Discusses Critical Hope in the Context of Crisis.

Interested in learning more about the Collaborative for Inclusive Education? Learn how your school can access essential assistance to develop rigorous, inclusive and fully-compliant special populations programs by becoming a Collaborative Member.

In this podcast episode, the Collaborative welcomes Frederic Lim, the ELL Coordinator at St. Hope Academy Charter School. We chat about his approach to co-planning for ELLs during remote learning, including how to ensure rigor and engagement. If you like what you hear, make sure to check out his webinar on co-planning during remote learning, as well as his blog.

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Looking for practical ways to make data-driven instruction a reality? In our 4th podcast episode, the Collaborative was thrilled to be joined by Allison Dodson-Bonaminio, a 17-year veteran charter teacher. Listen to the episode here!