#58 - Cultivating Genius w/ Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

Genius level dopeness on the show today!! Celebrated author and educator extraordinaire Dr. Gholdy Muhammad joins us to discuss her framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Her book Cultivating Genius is a must-have for educators everywhere and today she shares with us a bit about her framework, her playbook for creating a liberating school system, and her secret for sustaining herself through this work. But first, Jeff and Manuel explore recent headlines in education including a massive amount of outside money being spent on a local school board race and a new study about the impact that social studies has on reading scores. ***Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/AllOfTheAbove *** AGENDA 0:00 - Welcome! 5:40 - Outside groups spending millions on L.A. school board race 18:39 - New study suggests increased time on social studies boosts reading scores 29:28 - Cultivating Genius with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad 1:07:04 - High-speed internet (finally) coming to public housing communities EXTRAS Dr. Muhammad’s book, Cultivating Genius - https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/cultivating-genius-9781338594898.html Dr. Muhammad on the Abolitionist Teaching webinar - https://youtu.be/uJZ3RPJ2rNc LAUSD Board of Education District 7 Candidate Tanya Ortiz Franklin on AOTA - https://aotashow.com/s2-ep-15-teach-for-america Get MORE All of the Above: -  Website - https://aotashow.com/ -  Podcast on multiple platforms via Anchor - https://anchor.fm/aota -  Podcast via Apple Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-of-the-above-podcast/id1339198232 -  Podcast via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4NO3FENVr96JJTU4ZjdnCm -  Twitter - https://twitter.com/AOTAshow -  Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/AOTAshow/ Theme Music by its tajonthabeat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChvx9rSyOTEO2AnYynqWFw