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We talked to Dreama Gentry, Executive Director of Partners for Education at Berea College, about her advocacy for rural students and her work creating a national dialogue around what educational success looks like for them.

She also previewed the 2020 Rural College Access & Success Summit. As always, stick around for our moment of hope!

Listen to the episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/304-supporting-rural-students/id1342818436?i=1000466915777

Here's the link to the summit: https://www.berea.edu/pfe/events/ruralsummit/

🚨 New Episode! 🚨

We sat down with Mario Rossero - Senior VP of Education at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to talk about the importance of arts in education and the role that the Kennedy Center plays in increasing arts education nationwide.

Listen now 🎧: https://apple.co/36XTRLi

We sat down with the 2020 American School Counselor Association's School Counselor of the Year, Laura Ross, to talk about her personal journey and the critical role school counselors play in their students' lives.

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🚨 We're back and we're hitting the ground running with a once-in-a-lifetime conversation on equity in education with Brian Coleman, 2019 School Counselor of the Year, and Rodney Robinson, 2019 National Teacher of the Year.

Listen now 🎧: http://apple.co/30NufPD

Our favorite episodes from season 2 are must listens for your commute or your next summer road trip. ⬇️Check ‘em out ⬇️

Thanks for an amazing Season 2! Season 3 coming 🔜🔜🔜
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Thats a wrap 🌯 on Season 2! We will be back in September, but follow us on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive swampED curated summer content: https://www.instagram.com/swampedpod/
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student body facts:
📍60% are low-income
📍50% are students of color or first generation college students
📍growing percentages are adults, veterans, immigrants, and incarcerated people

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Historical and institutional bias still affects our education system.

Listen to our conversation with Michelle Cooper for important policy-based solutions: apple.co/2Y0mec2

College students are more diverse than ever before. Because of that, we need to make sure that colleges work for them.

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Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, joins Eric Waldo and Stephanie Sprow Owens for a conversation on addressing the needs of today's higher education students, many of whom are low income, students of color, adults, veterans, parents, and immigrants.

Listen 🎧: https://apple.co/2Y0mec2

Bottom line from our conversation with Richard Barth of KIPP Schools: We can’t have enough good schools and we are nowhere close to meeting that need.

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Should bad charter schools be closed?

Yes ✅

Is introducing school choice bad for public education?

No 🚫

Listen to our conversation with Richard Barth , CEO of KIPP Schools on the value of charter schools: apple.co/2DQGFKp

🚨 New SwampED Episode 🚨
Stephanie Sprow Owens and Eric Waldo sit down with Richard Barth, CEO of KIPP Schools, to discuss charter schools and their role in educating and guiding ALL students.
Listen🎧: https://apple.co/2XXih2Z

The Supreme Court decided that migrant students must be served regardless of status, but current rhetoric and policies has severely inhibited this. Listen to our conversation with Kavitha Cardoza about what can be done to support these students.

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Apart from the trauma and mental health issues that come from children's time in detention centers, they are losing valuable time that they could and should be learning.

Listen to our conversation with Kavitha Cardoza on how we can support them: apple.co/2DQGFKp

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Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration’s policies on the southwest border.

Immigrant children are facing significant cases of trauma, and as we talked about with Mike Lamb of Turnaround for Children, this severely inhibits their ability to learn.

Listen to our conversation with Kavitha Cardoza on how we can support migrant students in times of trauma.

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Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week and PBS NewsHour correspondent, joins Eric Waldo for a timely conversation on how we can support the educational needs of migrant children.

Listen: https://apple.co/32vVkYi

Zip Code should not be destiny but all too often, it is. Listen to our conversation with Yosmin Badie on how the The Petey Greene Program is working to alleviate institutionalized inequality through education.
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ICYMI:

We are serving up some with Yosmin Badie on how the The Petey Greene Program helps incarcerated people gain the skills they need to succeed through education.

Listen 🎧: https://apple.co/2xj9v4k

The DMV is one of the most educated places in the world. But that doesn't mean everyone here has equal educational opportunities. Listen to learn how The Petey Greene Program is helping to educate ALL students.

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🚨New episode alert 🚨

Yosmin Badie, Regional Manager of the The Petey Greene Program, joined Stephanie Sprow Owens to talk about what is being done to ensure incarcerated people have access to quality educational opportunities.

Listen 🎧: https://apple.co/2xj9v4k

The way a child acts may have nothing to do with who they are. Instead, it’s a result of the experiences they've had.

And our schools and educators need to be prepared to help them deal with these experiences.

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An “ACE” is an Adverse Childhood Experience.

Listen to our episode with Mike Lamb on how ACEs affect a child’s education and life.

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Trust and quality relationships are critical to a child’s academic and educational success.

Listen to our conversation with Mike Lamb on how a lack of trust neurologically limits a child’s ability to learn and what Turnaround for Children is doing to help.

Listen now: apple.co/2DQGFKp

Join Eric Waldo, Stephanie Sprow Owen and Kyle Lierman for a conversation with Mike Lamb, Executive Director, Washington, DC of Turnaround for Children, on steps educators and schools can take to support students impacted by trauma and adversity.

Listen: https://apple.co/2IrZbNS

A for-profit, predatory college received over $1 billion/year from the Department of Education.

Listen to our conversation with Aaron Ament on what needs to be done to change that.

Listen now: https://apple.co/2IHrhDA

Higher education is worth it.

But we need to protect students from being lured into predatory, for-profit colleges that don’t prepare students for successful careers.

Read Aaron Ament and John King's op-ed on how to do so:

https://wapo.st/2KRoB9l

Perspective | Congress should move to protect vulnerable college students from shoddy offerings Lawmakers are discussing innovative ideas to make college more affordable and accessible. But without new measures to protect consumers and hold schools accountable, America’s most vulnerable students will remain at risk.

At the U.S. Department of Education, Aaron Ament helped create a team to investigate the consumer fraud taking place at for-profit colleges.

Then, Donald Trump took office.

Listen to learn more about how Aaron continues to fight for students with the National Student Legal Defense Network: https://apple.co/2IHrhDA

Join Eric and Stephanie for a conversation with Aaron Ament, President of the National Student Legal Defense Network, on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, federal education policies, and student/consumer protection.

Listen: https://apple.co/2IHrhDA

ICYMI:

Great speechwriting wisdom from Sarah Hurwitz, former chief speechwriter for Michelle Obama:

Put in the work beforehand

Get into the specifics

Be personal

Tell the truth

Listen: http://apple.co/2Kx7CJp

Listen to our conversation with Sarah Hurwitz on why will go down as one of the greatest public speakers of this time period.

Much of that has to do with the power of telling the truth.

Listen now: http://apple.co/2Kx7CJp

What’s the key to a great speech?

Show don't tell.

Listen: http://apple.co/2Kx7CJp

On this episode, we sit down with Sarah Hurwitz,
former chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, to talk about what goes into crafting a great commencement speech.

Listen: https://apple.co/2Kx7CJp

College success is just as important as college access.

Hear The Campaign for College Opportunity's Michele Siqueiros take on how we can help with both.

‎swampED on Apple Podcasts ‎Education · 2019