| TITLE | TIME | TOPIC | LOCATION |
| Online Disability Rights Study | 1 hour | U.S. Disability Rights Movement | LINK |
| NYT Podcast: Nice White Parents | 1 to 4 hours | A look into the process and politics of reform in NYC schools, using the example of one Brooklyn Middle School. There are five episodes in all. You may choose to listen and journal about one or all five. | LINK |
| Antonia Pantoja, Presente! (2020) | 2 hours | Puerto Rican activist | LINK |
| School PBS Documentary | 1-4 hours | LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3 LINK 4 LINK 5 | |
| P.S. Weekly Podcast | Each episode’s about half an hour. | A podcast produced by NYC public high school students that casts light on important issues in the nation’s largest school system. The Bell’s team of 11 student producers who come from different public high schools work alongside Chalkbeat NY’s reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won’t get anywhere else | LINK |
| NYSED Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Webinar | A collection of videos. This collection presents the ways in which different schools and districts across the state of New York are leading initiatives and activities related to implementing culturally responsive-sustaining approaches to P – 12 education. | LINK | |
| High Quality Early Learning Project | Features videos from real NYC public school classrooms! The High Quality Early Learning Project conducts and communicates research about teaching that supports effective learning for young children and their families. Focusing on documentation of those who work with diverse groups of children in early childhood settings, the project produces videos and professional development resources for teachers, teacher educators, school leaders, policy-makers, and other stakeholders in order to strengthen education in the early years. | LINK | |
| DEY Dialogues | Video series from “Defending the Early Years” (DEY), an organization whose mission is: … to work for just, equitable, and quality early childhood education and care for every young child. We inform educators, administrators, and parents about how children develop and learn best. We advocate for active, playful, experiential approaches to learning informed by child development theory and evidence-based research. | LINK | |
| African American Students and Literacy | The 2024-2025 school year is in session, and unfortunately for many African American students, the lessons may prove difficult because of poor reading skills. Black males in particular are struggling; according to published research, only 12% of Black males are proficient in reading by 8th grade. Renowned educator Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu says, “If a Black male is not proficient in reading by the 4th grade, they only have a 20% chance of graduating from high school on grade level.” We explore the reasons for the low reading proficiency rate among children of color, and offer creative ways to make reading fun with our guests, reading specialists Kimberly Brown-McCray and Veronica Jones. | LINK | |
| Defending the Early Years (DEY) | The DEY Podcast with Kisha Reid is a monthly discussion-styled show featuring educators, advocates and other changemakers about their grassroots projects, innovations in education and reimagining early childhood environments. Our goal is to amplify these voices so we can all learn and work toward a more equitable and playful environment for children. | LINK | |
| Schooled | Schooled gives the insider’s story of America’s public schools, through the eyes of students, parents, and educators. | LINK | |
| Educate | This is a collection of podcasts from National Public Radio (NPR). Choose the ones that look most interesting to you! | LINK | |
| Teaching Matters | Teaching Matters is an audio series exploring the unique needs of students | LINK | |
| NYSED Office of Early Learning Webinar series | The NYSED Office of Early Learning offers a P-3 webinar series that is focused on resources and tools for classroom teachers, school administrators, and P-3 educators. | LINK (Scroll down on the web page to access the 2023/2024 webinars.) | |
| Encouraging Kindness and Empathy in Young Children | Join the authors of Reflection, Perspective-Taking, and Social Justice: Stories of Empathy and Kindness in the Early Childhood Classroom and DEY Executive Director Denisha Jones to learn more about encouraging kindness and empathy in young children. | LINK | |
| Teach Truth Booktalk | Denisha Jones talks with author Jesse Hagopian about his new book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Anti-Racist Education” | Link | |
| NYC Early Childhood Research Network – Research to Practice Sessions | Video collection featuring the work of researchers from the CUNY PDI Early Childhood Research Network | Link | |
| Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners – Best Practices for Prekindergarten Classrooms and Programs | In this webinar, we will discuss valuable strategies for enhancing language development while recognizing the strengths that multilingual students bring to the prekindergarten classroom. | Link | |
| Inclusion in PreK – Why It Matters and Best Practices from the Field | This webinar focuses on ensuring that every child, regardless of ability, background, or individual needs, has an equal opportunity to learn and grow. | Link | |
| Student-Centered Learning Environment Best Practices | The following video and documents will show how to bring learning centers into a classroom, how to integrate the theme of study into the classroom, and how to incorporate student choice and why it is important. | Link | |
| 100 Years of 100 Things: School Culture Wars | 30 minutes (This can be combined with listening to “100 Years of 100 Things: Public Education,” to make an hour. Just one Reflective Journal entry needs to be submitted for the two combined. | For the centennial series “100 Years of 100 Things,” Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books, including Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, September 2022), traces the history of the so-called “culture wars” in public education, from the Scopes trial, to religion in schools, sex ed and the controversies of today over critical race theory, masks during COVID and more. | Link |
| 100 Years of 100 Things: Public Education | 30 minutes (Can be combined with listening to “100 Years of 100 Things: School Culture Wars” to add up to 1 hour. One Reflective Journal Entry can be submitted for both. | As our centennial series continues, Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of several books, including a new edition of Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, 2022), looks at the past 100 years of American publicly financed education. | Link |
| “That Early Childhood Nerd” podcast | 1 hour per episode | That Early Childhood Nerd is a podcast hosted by Heather Bernt-Santy that focuses on deep conversations about early childhood education, play, and child development. Each week, the podcast features guests like practitioners, writers, and thinkers to discuss big ideas, real-world practices, and new research in the field. Topics covered include supporting children’s right to play, understanding childhood schema play theory, and discussing the challenges and triumphs of early childhood educators. | Link |
| Understanding AI Literacy | 1 hour per module | A framework that identifies and organizes skills and knowledge to help you and your students independently and thoughtfully navigate the opportunities and challenges of generative AI. | Link |
| Fannie Lou Hamer’s America | 1 hour | Fannie Lou Hamer’s America is a portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Through evocative speech and soulful song, Hamer made it her life’s work to enfranchise and increase Black political representation. | Link |
| Running with my Girls | 1.5 hours | This documentary takes a look at the political campaign of five diverse female candidates running for office in Denver, shedding light on local elections and highlighting the power of democracy and civic engagement. Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, this is a story about women of color in politics engaged in a grassroots movement to outrun the deep pockets of the political establishment. | Link |
| 1964: The Fight for a Right | 1.5 | By the mid twentieth century, Mississippi’s African Americans had suffered from nearly 75 years of Jim Crow discrimination. In order to break open the closed society and improve their lives, they needed to be able to vote. In the summer of 1964, hundreds of young volunteers converged in Mississippi for a 10-week voter registration campaign. | Link |
| Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Documentary | 2 hours | A group of teen campers are inspired to join the fight for disability civil rights | Link |
| Cultural Connections – A Framework and Resource Kit for P-3 Learning | 1 hour | On November 12th, 2025, staff from the Office of Early Learning and the Office of Cultural Education presented on the P-3 Cultural Connections Framework and Resource Kit. This resource is designed to help educators bring experiential learning into early childhood classrooms and connect students with cultural opportunities through field trips, virtual visits, traveling programs, grant opportunities, and more. | Link |
| Avoiding Fake News in the AI Era | 30 Min | How do you know when something you’re seeing online is real or fake? Craig Silverman, co-founder of the Indicator, a publication that exposes digital deception, offers insight into the proliferation of AI-generated content on the internet and tips on how to identify it. | Link |
| AI, Digital Hall Passes, and More Education News | 30 Min | Jessica Gould, education reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, rounds up the latest big stories in education, including new AI guidelines for New York City public schools, digital hall bathroom passes that are collecting data and the mayor’s push for mayoral control to be extended for four more years. | Link |
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