Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakMeet Sara Rubio, 2023 PAEMST State FinalistSara Rubio teaches math at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School at Seattle Public Schools4 min read·May 18, 2023----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakMeet Anthony Harris, 2023 PAEMST State FinalistAnthony Harris teaches science at Tumwater Middle School in the Tumwater School District4 min read·May 18, 2023----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakMeet Dave Gamon, 2023 PAEMST State FinalistDave Gamon teaches science at Northwood Middle School in the Mead School District6 min read·May 18, 2023----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakMeet Rama Devagupta, 2023 PAEMST State FinalistDr. Rama Devagupta, NBCT, teaches science at Southridge High School in the Kennewick School District7 min read·May 18, 2023----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakAbout the Hosts of Unsettled: A Practical Guide for the Anti-Colonial EducatorJerad Koepp, (Wukchumni) has over 12 years professional experience in Native American Education. He has been recognized as the 2022…2 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakEpisode 5: The Future of Native Education with guest Ella Sherin (Cowlitz)Throughout this series we’ve addressed the many problems that arise from consistently historicizing Native people. Only until recently did…6 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakEpisode 4: Native Studies is Harder Than You Think with guest Alison Hirata (Karuk)Indigenizing content is better teaching, but it is not Native Studies. We can’t underscore how important that overlooked distinction is…5 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakEpisode 3: Cutesy Racism with guest Justin Olmstead (Chumash)Settler colonialism’s work to make Native people invisible is demonstrated in countless school projects. These projects homogenize and…4 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakEpisode 2: Where Colonization Hides with guest Dr. Mike SmithNative educators are amazing people with incredible skill sets and careers full of resisting and challenging settler education. History…7 min read·Oct 4, 2022----
Pass the MicinPass the Mic: Washington’s Educators SpeakEpisode 1: Unsettled Introduction with guest Dr. John Hopkins (Crow Creek Sioux)When I was presented the opportunity to develop our district’s first Native Studies program, I often found myself at a loss for terminology…7 min read·Oct 4, 2022----