Teachers must build student relationships despite the great breadth in their cultural backgrounds. Dolores Greenawalt, a professor at Carroll University in Wisconsin, joins us to discuss her recent writing on building positive relationships… even when it seems impossible.

Later, we look at research data produced by the non-profit TNTP on the inequity of instructional practice. Their data shows huge differences in the instructional experience of students across race. We consider how TNTP’s recommendations for teaching practice could affect our classrooms.

The Peer Review looks at a popular story on EdWeek about addressing student name pronunciation. What does our approach to unfamiliar student names say to those students?

• First Segment – Student relationships with Dolores Greenawalt – 1:06
• Second Segment – Equity of instruction – 26:09
• Third Segment – Peer Review: How to approach student name pronunciation – 38:16

Dolores Greenawalt interview transcript

Featured Guest

Dolores Greenawalt
Adjunct Professor
Caroll University

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Featured Beverage

We drink Pumpkin Ale, a special release seasonal from Schlafly in St. Louis, MO.