Episode 4: "Easier to not do the work"
Podcast |
Miseducation
Publisher |
The Bell
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Education, 
K-12, 
Personal Journals, 
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education, 
Government, 
K-12, 
Personal Journals, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 16, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:13:33
In Room 522C, the second smallest in the school, where twenty-five tenth graders sat knee to knee at small tables, we had the richest discussions. The class was about human rights, and the teacher, Amanda Marzan, was in her first year of teaching in New York City. On March 13, when the pandemic forced schools to close, Amanda, along with the 75,000 other public school teachers in the city, had to scramble to adapt to the new reality of remote learning. Earlier this year I talked to Amanda one on one, to understand the challenges she has faced.
In Room 522C, the second smallest in the school, where twenty-five tenth graders sat knee to knee at small tables, we had the richest discussions. The class was about human rights, and the teacher, Amanda Marzan, was in her first year of teaching in New York City. On March 13, when the pandemic forced schools to close, Amanda, along with the 75,000 other public school teachers in the city, had to scramble to adapt to the new reality of remote learning. Earlier this year I talked to Amanda one on one, to understand the challenges she has faced.
 
“Presence. That’s what I think people are missing at this time.”
— Amanda Marzan, teacher, Institute for Collaborative Education       Gilana reported this story as a sophomore in high school. She lives in Brooklyn.cdn.com/content/v1/574dc424b09f95e90074cdbc/1631298824664-BAHEQGZW3ZTPZZVBIS0C/gilana-steckel?format=1000w">

Gilana reported this story as a sophomore in high school. She lives in Brooklyn.

By Gilana Steckel

In Room 522C, the second smallest in the school, where twenty-five tenth graders sat knee to knee at small tables, we had the richest discussions. The class was about human rights, and the teacher, Amanda Marzan, was in her first year of teaching in New York City. On March 13, when the pandemic forced schools to close, Amanda, along with the 75,000 other public school teachers in the city, had to scramble to adapt to the new reality of remote learning. Earlier this year I talked to Amanda one on one, to understand the challenges she has faced.

This podcast season, “Students in a Pandemic,” is produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Music for this season includes original tracks from Brooklyn teens Lens Louis and Joshua Senior.

 

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