Little Red School House

If you’re an educator and/or parent who’s experiencing increased pressure to accept getting infected because everyone around you is saying that "COVID is unavoidable everyone will get it so stop being anxious there's nothing you can do". Please hear us out when we say you are not alone, and even if you are hearing these lies from loved ones, they are lies. We have reached out and interviewed 2 schools that prioritized community care over profits thus making all of their decisions centered around community care. Please enjoy our interview with the founder of Abrome, Antonio Buehler. https://www.abrome.com/ ____________________________________________________________ Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse. Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse. Solidarity!

If you’re an educator and/or parent who’s experiencing increased pressure to accept getting infected because everyone around you is saying that "COVID is unavoidable everyone will get it so stop being anxious there's nothing you can do". Please hear us out when we say you are not alone, and even if you are hearing these lies from loved ones, they are lies. We have reached out and interviewed 2 schools that prioritized community care over profits thus making all of their decisions centered around community care. Please enjoy our interview with the principal and co-founder of the Knoxville Innovation School, Jesse Trucks. https://knoxvilleinnovation.org/ ____________________________________________________________ Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse. Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse. Solidarity!

On this episode, Gord gets to chat with members and facilitators of The Party For Reclamation and Survival Party School. We discuss topics surrounding how their classes are set up and how they are facilitated, along with the topics they covered, comparing them to more conventional classroom structures and learning methods. We go onto discuss methods that radical educators within the system might engage their students in a dialectic learning experience through engaging in questions and context-building stories to help better understand concepts and ideas. You can find the Party for Reclamation and Survival at on Twitter at @Reclaim_Survive and contact their party school at ras (dot) school (at) protonmail (dot) com.

James from Prolekult is back! We start up with a discussion, and a few laughs, about British documentarian Adam Curtis and his new BBC series, Can’t Get You Out of My Head.  Then, we talk about the current situation with the National Health Service, a few other current events, and why more means less. Twitter @lredschoolhouse Patreon @littleredschoolhouse https://www.youtube.com/prolekult https://twitter.com/ProlekultFilms Closing music by Belle and Sebastian – Sleepin’ the Clock Around

Adam dives into the issue of professional development during pandemic, referencing the experiences of some Redditors from /r/teachers. Then, he discusses the Missouri voucher program, why it matters, and how it’s a manifestation of the historical crises in public education. Twitter @lredschoolhouse Patreon @littleredschoolhouse https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/n9323l/my_requirements_to_not_hate_your_pd_are_simple/ https://www.reddit.com/user/princessfoxglove/ https://www.reddit.com/user/Adabellaaberline/ https://www.reddit.com/user/lugubriousVole/ https://www.reddit.com/user/mickeltee/ https://www.reddit.com/user/mossthedog/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/2021-05-06/bill-for-limited-missouri-school-voucher-program-passes

Episode 6. Kimba & Ryan // Kimba: iamkingkimba (IG) Ryan: @frikhan_ (IG) The Department for Miseducation // @DfMEpod (Twitter) A podcast exploring education in all its possibilities. Providing a space for formal and informal educators to think critically about what education means. Hosted by Mwenza (she/her) & Marsha (she/her). Our logo is by Chris, you can find their art on Instagram at @softgeometrycreative and their music at agedecay.bandcamp.com Part of the Little Red School House family!

Gord is joined again by Zitkato, one of the hosts of Bands of Turtle Island to continue their discussion on Decolonization.   In this third part, Zitkato and Gord quote and discuss Yellow Parenti on Capitalism, Imperialism, and Slavery.   Little Red School House is committed to taking part in Decolonization and our first step is to start with us.

If someone’s job requires an appreciation Week it means they aren’t getting paid enough. I hate Teacher Appreciation Week because it only magnifies all the ways teachers are NOT appreciated. I'd really rather it just not happen at all. Or alternatively, maybe it would be best if it happened all year round, in our paychecks, and in our working conditions. Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit teacher appreciation week nonsense. If you appreciate us, fight to get schools funded, cops out of schools, end schools shootings, and at the very least treat us with the dignity and respect of being fellow human beings. You think all the bullshit we deal with is fixed with dunkin donuts gift cards?

  Gord is joined again by Zitkato, one of the hosts of Bands of Turtle Island to continue their discussion on Decolonization.   In this second part, Zitkato leads us through how lifestyleism - theorizing without real actions to help others materially - is patronizing and doesn't actually empower anyone. Zikato also shares his own experiences growing up in the colonial education system, and much more.   Little Red School House is committed to taking part in Decolonization and our first step is to start with us.  

When we talk about systems, we should be talking about a system not individuals. When we use words to describe what we stand for, we should mean everything that comes with it. But too often we don’t. Sammie and Adam touch on these concepts in a wide ranging discussion on the pandemic, police murders, and sexism in purportedly ‘leftist’ spaces. Sammie shares a number of personal experiences and Adam offers sage like wisdom such as “White people, shut the fuck up.” Twitter @equalrightsplz Twitter @lredschoolhouse Patreon @littleredschoolhouse Twitter @comfortablecam Closing music Sleater Kinney - Entertain __________________________________________________________________ Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse. Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse. Solidarity!

On today\'s episode we were fortunate to be joined by a truly talented, and empathy filled educator, Jennifer Binis. Jennifer discusses how teaching began as a job only for women.\r\n We also discuss feminism and how white feminists in the Open School movement think feminism is telling other women to quit their job if they feel unsafe?\r\n We had a blast talking with each other and hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.\r\n Jennifer can be found on TikTok @JenBinis\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

On today\'s episode John discusses why we must defund and abolish the police.\r\n Is a system that needs more funding/training to not shoot a child worthy of being saved?’\r\n Maybe the system is just doing what it was originally designed to do: kill.\r\n Maybe it’s time to invest in people instead.\r\n Maybe it’s time to collectively build new systems, designed for us.\r\n There is no reform to the police system. Abolition is the answer.\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

Adam and Christina continue their chitty chat about the ways in which capitalism distorts our feelings. In this second installment, they dive into the way capitalism commodifies our very real, negative personal experiences, necessitated by a model of constant production, and then sells them back to us as mental health. Along the way, the conversation touches on the oddities of advertising about anxiety & depression, dismantling the ideology of the labor system, and theme parks.\r\n Follow us on Twitter @lredschoolhouse\r\n Follow us on Patreon @littleredschoolhouse\r\n Check out Ivan’s video “COVID-19: Fear of Stopping the Economy” https://youtu.be/qIzzoM4RpGU\r\n Erich Fromm interview: https://youtu.be/OTu0qJG0NfU\r\n Closing music by Camper Van Beethoven - the Ambiguity Song\r\n

As a teacher have you felt like you don\'t want to teach any more? You aren\'t alone! Feeling like this does not make you a bad teacher. That is why we are sharing our brutally honest feelings about the topic.\r\n Not only do Gord and I share our own feelings on the topic - spoiler we both have felt this way countless times. We also share reddit posts about this topic, a great slam poem by an amazing educator, and I share a hot take - under the current education system teaching is not a noble profession it\'s a lie told to keep us working hard while being paid crap wages and paid little to no respect.\r\n If you have any questions or just would like to talk to us about this episode please do. We would like to hear from you.\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

Welcome to our storytelling series that hopes to make imagining the end of Capitalism easier than imagining the end of the world.\r\n Today\'s guest is our very own co-host Adam!\r\n If you have a better world you would like to share let us know. We would love to have you story tell, then discuss with us where your ideas came from.\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

Pimlico Academy, a school in central London, made headlines on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 when students protested against their racist head teacher Dan Smith.\r\n Dan Smith tried to implement Christian hymns, tried to over-emphasis \'British values\' in a manner that alienated senior staff, 30 of who left and were subsequently replaced by like minded ideologues. The head teacher also banned afros saying that they “blocked the views\" of other students, banned colorful hijabs, and didn’t do anything after 3 cases of sexual harassment and rape occurred in the school.\r\n Today two students of Pimlico Academy join us to explain what happened and share their thoughts about everything related to their successful protest and their racist head teacher.\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

 \r\n Co-host and substitute teacher Fernando shares what subbing has been like post COVID - the ups and downs.\r\n Along with catching up with our other host John Battalion, Fernando shares what he has been doing this and last year.\r\n Finally we discuss what Fernando plans to do next school year, and end the episode on a lighter note sharing what games we have been playing and books we have read.\r\n Fernando can be found on Twitter @_Commandonando\r\n Closing music Ryan Montbleau - Substitute Teacher Blues\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!  \r\n

On today\'s episode we were fortunate to be joined by a truly talented, and empathy filled teacher, Annie Tan. A Chinese Asian American elementary special ed teacher of students of color living in Chinatown NYC, Annie shares and communally grieves about the negative affects COVID19 is having on Chinatown, the recent anti-Asian attacks, and her family\'s legacy.\r\n Annie also shares how the open school movement has been attacking educators, and her specifically.\r\n Finally we discuss her memoirs that she is currently writing, and the hope she has for education post COVID.\r\n Annie can be found on Twitter @AnnieTangent\r\n Closing music Milck - Quiet\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

Adam and Christina get down to the business of how capitalism distorts our feelings, starting off with all the clichéd phrases we’ve all learned to rely on when someone is having a tough time. Then, we move into the current movements that are meant to make up for defunct US health care system—self-help gurus and psychoanalysis…shit like the Minimalists, Aubrey Marcus, and the Tiny House movement.\r\n Follow us on Twitter @lredschoolhouse and Patreon @littleredschoolhouse\r\n Closing music Elliott Smith – Junk Bond Trader\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!

NYC parent Rafael Lena shares his thoughts on the COVID Open Schools movement, education in this country, and much more.\r\n It was a pleasure talking with a parent that not only doesn\'t hate teachers but understands that we all (parents, students, and teachers) need solidarity if we are going to succeed as a caring, empathetic, and loving society.\r\n Rafael can be found on Twitter @signsofaging\r\n Closing music The Coup - Strange Arithmetic\r\n __________________________________________________________________\r\n Follow us on Twitter @LRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Email us at LittleRedSchoolHouse@protonmail.com\r\n Support us by becoming a member of the LRSH patreon page: patreon.com/LittleRedSchoolHouse.\r\n Solidarity!