Be a Better Ally: critical conversations for K12 educators
Hosted by Tricia Friedman and Tricia · Tricia Friedman
5.0from 17 ratings
- 316
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 17
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Be a Better Ally: critical conversations for K12 educators
What does real allyship look like in a classroom, a staff room, a school community? Be a Better Ally helps K-12 teachers and school leaders build inclusive classrooms where every student feels they belong — without slogans, scripts, or shame. Host Tricia Friedman (Director of Shifting Schools) sits down with the authors, researchers, and educators shaping these conversations to explore student identity, belonging, school culture, media literacy, and the digital lives of young people. Each episode leaves you with something to try, question, or read next. 280+ episodes of critical conversations for anyone who believes schools should be places where everyone gets to become themselves.
- Publisher
- Tricia Friedman
- Category
- education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 316 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sharon Cameron: The Hidden Musical Rhythm of Storytelling
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Defending Creativity in Schools with Author A.S. King
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Sharon Cameron: The Hidden Musical Rhythm of Storytelling
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, we want this to be true to the real experience and the emotional experience. you know, that they had. And so the flip side was the joy that they were able to find in the worst circumstances that anyone could be thrust into. I think it's a case of where the research changes the author maybe just as much as hopefully the story changes the reader. I mean, I have to say, as one of the readers, it is a reminder that we understand our human history, I think, best through story. Absolutely. Because that necessity to sit, think about these characters. […]
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- Sharon Cameron
- AS King
- Christy Mandin
- Claribel A Ortega
- Jasmine Guillory
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Tricia Friedman and Tricia host the show. Published by Tricia Friedman.
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