Episode 225: Who are Social Studies Teachers? with Amy Allen & David Hicks

In episode 225, Dan and Michael chat with Amy Allen and David Hicks about his new TRSE article titled, “Representation matters, but so does data: A 15-year assessment of the assumed ‘demographic imperative’ in the social studies teaching force.”

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Episode 222: Latine Counter Narratives in Children’s Literature with Melissa Rojas Williams

In episode 222, Dan and Michael chat with Melissa Rojas Williams about her new TRSE article titled, “‘Algunas personas aquí han venido con coyote como Areli?’: Conceptualizing the Latine civic counternarrative through diverse children’s literature.

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Episode 115: Talking Career Decisions from Urban Schools to Abroad with Nate Bowling

In a free-wheeling discussion with Nate Bowling (which, to be honest, happens when this crew gets together), we explore his decision to leave his school and move to teach in an international school in Abu Dhabi. Nate also discusses what he sees as a way to retain teachers by bringing them into leadership roles (and keeping them in the classroom).

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Episode 107: Taking Action in Social Studies Inquiries with Carly Muetterties

In this episode, Michael and Dan chat with Carly Muetterties of C3Teachers.org about dimension four of the C3 Inquiry Arc: Taking informed action. We played around with some other titles like, “Beyond the Letters to the Editor” and the Sondheim-inspired, “Finishing the Arc,’ however, we landed here to be more descriptive.

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