Host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon, chats it up with Dr. James Pedersen. Dr. Pedersen is the Superintendent of the Essex County Schools of Technology district, in northern New Jersey. The two discuss his journey from the world of Special Education to

Starting Some Good Trouble (Episode 10)

Aug 5th, 2020 1h 11m

Host, Dr. Chatmon, speaks with educator and social critic, Tony Clark, about his work empowering our families and communities to start some good trouble as they learn how to advocate for their children’s best interest and blow the system up fro

When You Like Students, But Not School (Episode 9)

Jul 30th, 2020 46m 59s

How do you reconcile liking students and the interaction in the classroom, but you don't like the way your school "schools"? Better yet, how do you manage these feelings in the midst of a global pandemic? Host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon chats with

Social Unrest, Social Justice, Social Studies (Episode 8)

Jul 8th, 2020 45m 12s

This week, our host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon, had the pleasure of talking social unrest, social justice, and social studies with a current high school social studies teachers, and two actual students - one, a senior at a large, comprehensive publi

Computer Science for us All (Episode 7)

May 21st, 2020 1h 2m

This week, our host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon, speaks with Dr. Abigail Joseph - an educator passionate about the role of Computer Science both in and outside of the classroom. Dr. Joseph shares her experiences as part of an under-represented audie

Chief Narrative Changer - A conversation with Leslye Folmar Harris (Episode 6)

May 13th, 2020 54m 6s

This week's conversation is with Leslye Folmar-Harris, elementary school teacher and founder of Changing Narratives, LLC. Changing Narratives is a hub for all things CRT - that's culturally responsive teaching. Leslye is the embodiment of the

Public School in the Jim Crow South (Episode 5)

May 6th, 2020 1h 3m

This week's episode features a conversation with host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon, and her now retired mother, Jackie Chatmon - who grew up in the Jim Crow South prior to being the first person in her family to ever attend college. After receiving a

A Look at Charter Schools from the Inside Out (Episode 4)

Apr 29th, 2020 1h 2m

Welcome back. This week, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon chats with Eric Harrield, who currently serves as the Basketball Manager overseeing the basketball program in the 45 school Success Academy network of charter schools in New York City. Charter sch

Supporting Mental Health in Our Schools (Episode 3)

Apr 22nd, 2020 50m 28s

This week, I chat with Katie Trejo, a mental health counselor for a public high school district, where we both are employed. We discuss the role mental health plays in student success, the ways in which many schools currently support the menta

The Substitute (Episode 2)

Apr 15th, 2020 47m 28s

On this second episode, your host, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon, checks in with the young people she is under the "safer at home" order with after nearly a month of school closures, and also speaks with filmmaker and writer, Tahir Jetter, about his exp

Checking in with the Children (Episode 1)

Apr 15th, 2020 20m 5s

On this first episode of This Thing Called School, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon speaks with two young people she is currently "safer at home with" about school closures and how they're feeling about it all.

Checking in with the Children (Episode 1)

Apr 8th, 2020 20m 5s

On this first episode of This Thing Called School, Dr. Jennifer Chatmon speaks with two young people she is currently "safer at home with" about school closures and how they're feeling about it all.

This Thing Called School - TRAILER

Apr 1st, 2020 56s

This Thing Called Schools is a podcast, hosted by Dr. Jennifer C. Chatmon, that showcases conversations with folks who work in and around education as way to share and create best practices.

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