On today's episode, I speak with my Aunt, Barb, a former social worker in our "sister district," district 98 and now mom to two of my favorite boys in the world, my cousins, Luke and Noah. My Auntie Barb is someone who I've admired for my whole life for a multitude of reasons, but I believe the biggest one is her ability to continually grow, improve and educate herself. In this episode, you'll hear us discuss the interworkings of being a mom and raising a family that doesn't "match" as Noah used to call it when he was younger. Luke and Noah were both internationally adopted. Luke came home at the beginning of 2016 from China and Noah came home in 2007 from Guatemala. My aunt and uncle are both white, both of whom were born in the states and both grew up in Berwyn. Together, their family has experienced their fair share of difficulties and struggles in regard to their family looking different than the "average" or "white" family that we touch on in this episode. However, we also talk a lot about how educators, specifically all 82% of us white educators, need to be aware of our own biases and the centralist perspectives that we have when building curriculum, assigning work to the class, or even in the language that we choose to use in our classrooms, buildings, and meetings.
