Up Close Podcast with Sara Sneed
The Up Close Podcast explores issues of equity, opportunity, and excellence in public education. Hosted by The NEA Foundation President and CEO Sara A. Sneed, she talks with educators, policy experts, and other passionate voices about the most urgent issues in public education and our shared responsibility to deliver a quality public education for all students. The Up Close Podcast is a journey through the reimagining of public education to create a more fair, equitable, and just system in America.
Episodes
13 episodes
An Educator’s Role in Shaping Education Policy
Cindy Marten is the United States Deputy Secretary of Education. She was appointed deputy secretary in May 2021 under President Biden and works with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to shape national education policy. Her back...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:27
Stories, Lessons, and Strategies for a Culturally Responsive Classroom
Episode Description: Dr. Marlee Bunch is an educator, author, and creator of resources and tools for creating culturally competent classroom lessons, known as the un/HUSH Framework. Her work is focused on uplifting marginalized voices, u...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:06
Organizing For Education Equity in Mississippi and Beyond
Albert Sykes is a Jackson, Miss. native and the executive director of the Institute for Democratic Education in America, where he works in conjunction with students, educators, families, and communities to advocate and build capacity for educat...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:12
Freedom Dreaming with an Education Advocacy Expert
Natosha Daniels is a parent, chief systems navigator for the Round Rock Black Parents Association, and expert in grassroots organizing and parent-led advocacy in public education.In this episode, Natosha describes how her background as a...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:26
Public Education's Road to Restorative Justice
Natalie Johnson-Berry is an award-winning, veteran educator, who has brought an equity focus and spirit of affirmation to her classroom and the broader community over her 25-year career. As an expert in restorative justice and culturally respon...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:40
The Fight for An Honest Education
Nationally acclaimed educators Monica Washington and Takeru (TK) Nagayoshi join Sara to discuss the importance of honest education and how it benefits an increasingly diverse student population. Together, they dive deep into how honest educatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:00
The Capacity of the Anti-racist Educator
Samantha Greenleaf, a Texas educator and administrator, joins Sara to discuss the urgent need for all educators to teach with an anti-racist lens. They discuss how racism affects students of color on a systemic level and the power to reverse th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:58
Public Schools: A Public Good Worth Saving
Becky Pringle, a 30-year educator and president of the National Education Association (NEA), joins Sara to discuss solutions for recruiting and retaining talented educators at a time when so many are looking for the exit door. Join the conversa...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:48
Community Schools: Doable & Worth Doing
Jane Quinn, a matriarch of community schools, joins Sara to discuss the tremendous impact this strategy has had across the country. They discuss how thoughtful investments and partnerships can help transform a struggling school into one where s...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:58
Living Local, Teaching Global
Fresh off of a field study trip in Peru, Michael Dunlea, an award-winning educator, and Sara explore what a global education can mean to a classroom and a community. Listen to their reflections on the importance of educators teaching through a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:16
Good Teaching Is Like Good Cooking
Dr. Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, knows what ingredients form the recipe for a quality public education system. He and Sara discuss how to build the capacity of educators and schools to create safe learning environ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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36:06
The Secret to Teaching
Immigrant educators bring a unique perspective to public education and often make a powerful impact on their students and school communities. Alhassan Susso, a native of the Gambia and the 2019 New York Teacher of the Year educator, has done ju...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:01