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Summary: For eight years, President Obama made the White House a place that brought people together-- incredible students, parents, principals, district leaders, school counselors, teachers, college presidents, professors, business leaders, and more. And after January 2017, the inspiring stories we heard and the incredible people we met no longer had a place to share their experiences and good ideas with folks across the country. These stories constantly reminded and inspired us of people’s commitment to education. It is the ultimate bedrock of our society, and people are passionately fighting to make it better. At the White House we were fortunate to get to shine a spotlight on some of those incredible education advocates and practitioners, and we want to continue to shine that spotlight and talk about what’s working, how others can get involved, and hopefully be inspired along the way. We hope you’ll join us.
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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!
This week, we have an episode with Yolanda Savage-Narva, the ED of Operation Understanding D.C. - a nonprofit D.C. organization working to build a generation of Black and Jewish community leaders who promote respect, understanding, and cooperation while working to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination. We talked about how she uses her diverse identity to help students understand the similarities between seemingly different cultures and backgrounds. Stick around for our moment of hope!
In today's episode, Mario Rossero - Senior Vice President for Education at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - joins us to talk about the importance of arts in education and the role that the Kennedy Center plays in increasing arts education in schools around the country. Stick around for our favorite segment of every episode - our moment of hope!
We sat down with Laura Ross, the 2020 School Counselor of the Year, to talk through her personal journey as a school counselor. Laura is a middle school counselor at Five Forks Middle School in Lawrenceville, Georgia - she talks to us about the challenges, the rewards, and the important moments that come with this important position in students' lives. Stick around for our moment of hope!
We're back from a fun winter break with an exciting, exclusive conversation you'll only hear on swampED! We sat down with Brian Coleman, 2019 National School Counselor of the Year, and Rodney Robinson, the 2019 National Teacher of the Year to have a conversation around their experience as educators and championing equity in education. Join us for our first episode back and as always stick around for our Moment of Hope.
Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), joins Eric and Stephanie 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.
Richard Barth, CEO of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), joins Eric and Stephanie for a conversation on public charter schools and their role in educating and guiding students of all backgrounds. As always, join us for our moment of hope!
Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week and PBS News Hour correspondent, joins Eric Waldo for a timely conversation on the influx of migrant children into American public schools and how educators can best support them.
Yosmin Badie, Regional Manager of the Petey Greene Program, joins Stephanie for a conversation on the importance of educational programming in jails and prisons and what is being done to ensure incarcerated people have access to quality educational opportunities.
The Executive Director, Washington D.C. for Turnaround for Children, Mike Lamb, joins Eric, Kyle, and Stephanie for a conversation on actionable steps and evidence-based practices that educators and schools can use to create supportive environments for all students, especially those impacted by trauma and adversity.
Aaron Ament, President of the National Student Legal Defense Network, joins Eric and Stephanie for a conservation on the Higher Education Act, federal education policies, and student/consumer protection. As always we end with our Moment of Hope.
Sarah Hurwitz, former senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and former chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, joins Eric and Stephanie for a conservation about what goes into crafting a great commencement speech. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Colleen Campbell, the Associate Director of Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress, returns to swampED studios for a conversation with Eric and Stephanie about her recommendations for Congress on how to fix the student loan repayment system. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Michele Siqueiros from The Campaign for College Opportunity shares insights from her work in California to get more students to and through college. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
Julie Dressner, director of the documentary “Personal Statement”, and Enoch, a student, join us for an eye-opening conversation about the barriers low-income students face accessing higher education. The film follows Enoch and two other seniors at Brooklyn high schools determined to get their entire classes to college, even though they aren't even sure they are going to make it there themselves. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.
