The Ohio State University Inspire
The monthly Inspire Podcast asks Ohio State’s Education and Human Ecology experts — and everyday heroes — about the issues that people encounter in life: mental and physical health, inequity, lifelong learning, raising and teaching children. To discover why ... and why not? Because hidden in our dilemmas and most complex problems are exquisite solutions.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
International students: ‘The worst year but the best year’
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways
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Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Black English is fire, even in class
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Too fly. Fire. Dope. So much of American expression comes straight from Black English, a.k.a. African American Vernacular English. But you won't find this colorful and dynamic language taught in schools. Ohio State education researchers say Black students need their language heritage to finally be validated.
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X - 2018 Kendrick Lamar (featuring ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi); TikTok audio - cstreetblvd; Wade in the Water - 2002, Blind Boys of Alabama; Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) at Grand Rapids Community College; We Must Learn - 1989 KRS-One/Boogie Down Productions 'Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop'; Thieves in the Night - 1998, Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Black Star
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Grappling with the Land Grant truth
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Ohio State Professor Stephen Gavazzi learned a painful truth about Land Grant Universities — just after his book on the subject went to press. Now he’s working with a team of Ohio State researchers to find a path to healing harm done to indigenous tribes when they lost lands to fund the university through the Morrill Act of 1862.
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Why history repeats itself
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Haven't we been here before? From racial protests to children separated from parents to political polarization, America has faced it before. Faculty who prepare social studies teachers weigh in on the way we learn history and how we don't need to be destined to repeat it.
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Image credit "2017.03.07 #MuslimBan 2.0 Protest, Washington, DC USA 00772" by tedeytan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Onward: Building diversity on American campuses
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
As college students, they struggled against a system that often made them feel inadequate. Now Ohio State leaders, Ayanna Howard, James Moore and Don Pope-Davis are creating change and showing how everyone benefits from diversity on campus.
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Wednesday May 19, 2021
Missed genius: When gifted students are overlooked
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
A Black boy from Brooklyn flew under the radar in American schools. Now he’s a professor and researcher of underrepresentation in gifted education. How many others are left behind?
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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Not your model minority: Asian students speak out
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Attacks on Asians and Asian Americans have escalated, but students at Ohio State University are not taking it sitting down. Asian American and Pacific Islander students and faculty speak up, shedding light on 150 years of oppression.
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Schooled in racial bias: Unraveling harm in K-12 education
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Disparities in discipline and academics have for decades hurt students of color. Now communities are ending the silence about racism in K-12 education. We talk to scholars and educators about addressing a history of wrongdoing toward marginalized students.
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
A couture dress in a thrift store, a story about race
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
A thrift store debutante gown turns out to be a creation by Ann Lowe, the first Black designer and maker of Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress. Behind the exquisite stitchery, a tale of race and daunting odds.
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Racial Reckoning: Black students tell their stories
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Five Black Ohio State students tell the shocking stories of racism they've endured, and how "emotionally exhausting" being young and Black in America can be. How educators can help, and how these students intend to turn the tide through education.
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