Pushing The Edge With Greg Curran

In this episode, speaking up as White Educators and challenging the silence on issues of social justice - online - and in our schools. We’re also chatting about truly seeing our students & teaching a #BlackLivesMatter curriculum. And in the Lightning Round, we’re pushing the edges of visibility, democratic ideals, bias and indoctrination. Our guest is Greg Michie, a year 7 and 8 public school teacher of Social Studies in Chicago, USA. For full Show-Notes, go to: http://PushingTheEdge.org/26 Episode Run-Down: ▪ How Greg pushes the edge for social justice (1:21) ▪ How we can keep social justice at the forefront of our teaching? (1:41) ▪ Why step outside what's familiar and comfortable to us as teachers (3:54) ▪ Why step outside the norm of silence about race, gender and sexuality in education (5:29) ▪ Challenging the silence - Centering issues of social justice in schools and online (9:09) ▪ How we can step up for social justice on Twitter? (12:26) ▪ Talking about access and equity in Tech Twitter Chats (16