Episode 2: Background knowledge and education reform with Robert Pondiscio
Robert shares his inspirations and emphasizes the need to acknowledge the different places and backgrounds that ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çcome to school from, and how this affects their language trajectory. Susan and Robert also discuss the latest in education reform, as well as the knowledge gap, how it’s only going to get larger as kids move through grades, the limited time we have to correct it, and how to start doing so.