Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz "Yolie's Return"
Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an award-winning Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education, Black girl literacies, and Black and Latinx male high school...
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Michael J. Dunlea - Teaching in Challenging Times - Manahawkin, NJ USA
Michael Dunlea is a third grade teacher at the Tabernacle Elementary School, Tabernacle, New Jersey, USA. He has been selected as a Top Fifty Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.In the classroom, he has been using technology to take...
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Kevin Hancock - 48 Whispers: From Pine Ridge and the North Plains
Kevin Hancock is an award-winning author and speaker. The CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest and best known family businesses in America, he is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice award, the Habitat for Humanity...
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Erin Hynes - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - USA
Erin Hynes is Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for the Sachem, NY School District.Mrs. Hynes has worked for the past nine years as the K-12 District Administrator for Curriculum in the Comsewogue School District,...
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Émile Le Menn - A Different Kind of School
Émile Le Menn is a French primary school teacher based in Paris. In 2017, in order to become a better teacher, he went on a trip around the world to discover innovative and alternative schools. This experience led to the book "L'Ecole...
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Nikki Moustaki - Teachers Make a Difference - My 11th Grade English Teacher
Nikki Moustaki, author of the memoir, The Bird Market of Paris (Henry Holt, 2015), holds an MA in poetry from New York University, an MFA in poetry from Indiana University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University, and has taught...
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Bill Holmes "Legacy"
Bill Holmes is a Philadelphia poet whose lifetime goal has been to become a successful writer and author. He is the author of the chapbook Illuminations, the spoken word CD Asphyxiation, and the newly released full-length poetry book...
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Tracy-Ann Hall - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Jamaica
Jamaican educator Tracy-Ann Hall was a top 10 finalist for the 2017 Global Teacher Prize. Tracy-Ann did not enjoy successful school years herself, due to undiagnosed dyslexia. She did not move on to higher education immediately but...
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Joseph Ross "Martin Luther King - Epilogue"
Joseph Ross is the author of four books of poetry: Raising King (forthcoming in 2020), Ache (2017), Gospel of Dust (2013), and Meeting Bone Man (2012). His poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications including The New York...
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Askhat Zhumabekov - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Kazakhstan
Physics teacher Askhat Zhumabekov, from Nazarbayev Intellectual school of Physics and Mathematics, Semey, Kazakhstan, is a progressive educator who advocates a global viewpoint and differentiated learning techniques for each of his...
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Angel Mejico - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Corona, California
Dr. Angel Mejico was the 2019 California Teacher of the Year and a top fifty finalist for the 2020 Global Teacher prize.A medical student deciding to pursue a career of teaching art may seem like an unusual choice, but for, Dr. Angel...
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Elsa Elisabeth Jones "Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why) " by Nikki Giovanni
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Childhood Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As an Independent...
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Pat McLean-Smith “My Gift”
Pat McLean-Smith, is a published poet and teaching artist. She is the author of two books of poetry and the recipient of several awards. Including 1st place for the Sonia Sanchez/Audre Lorde Poetry Competition, 2nd place for Judith Stark...
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Mark Minukas - Teachers Make a Difference - Bob Bea
Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas are coauthors of Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being.Mark Minukas is the managing partner of Co-Creation Partners. An engineer by training, he...
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Maarit Rossi - Teachers Make a Difference - Erkki Pehkonen
Finnish educator Maarit Rossi was a top 10 finalist for the 2016 Global Teacher Prize. Her passion is make Math more interesting, meaningful and fun for students.She was a Math teacher and principal and Is now the is CEO of Paths to Math...
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Jacek Polubiec - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - New York City
Dr. Jacek Polubiec is an educational leader who spent over twenty years teaching and supervising urban schools. He holds Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from City College of New York, Masters of Arts degree from Queens College, Master of...
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Grabbed: Poets & Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing
GRABBED: POETS & WRITERS on SEXUAL ASSAULT, EMPOWERMENT, and HEALING, is edited by inaugural poet Richard Blanco, Elisa Albo, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, and Nikki Moustaki (a.k.a. The Blue Room Collective). From engineer to educator, from...
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Jonathan Littman - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Duncan
Jonathan Littman collaborated with IDEO on the bestsellers The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation (more than 650,000 copies sold worldwide in 12 languages). The author of ten books, five of his works have been optioned for...
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Patricia and Jack Phillips - Show the Value of What You Do
Patti is the CEO of the ROI Institute Inc. She helps organizations implement the ROI Methodology in more than seventy countries around the world. Her work spans the private sector, public sector, nonprofits, and nongovernmental...
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Samuel Abrams The Supreme Court and Our Schools
Samuel E. Abrams is the director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was previously a high school teacher of economics and history for eighteen years. His recent...
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RuNett Nia Ebo "Media's News, Tomorrow's Blues"
RuNett Nia Ebo, author of 8 chapbooks and 3 paperbacks of poetry and counting. Her signature poem is "Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?" It is a contribution to Chicken Soup For the African American Soul. Ms. Ebo visits schools (all...
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Tammy McLeod - Teachers Make a Difference - Zach McLeod
Pat and Tammy McLeod serve as Harvard Chaplains for Cru, an interdenominational Christian ministry. Tammy is also the Director of College Ministry at Park Street Church in Boston. She received her MA in Spiritual Formation from...
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Gaurav Bhatnager - Unfear: Transforming Your Organization
Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas are coauthors of Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being.Gaurav Bhatnagar is the founder of Co-Creation Partners and has dedicated more than two...
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Ravi Shankar "Carousel"
Pushcart prize winning poet, translator and professor Ravi Shankar has published, edited or has forthcoming over 15 books, including the Muse India award-winning translations of 9th century Tamil poet/saint, Andal, 'The Autobiography of...