The day after a gunman killed 21 in Texas, millions of parents nervously returned kids to school. How will adults — and kids — deal with their fear when summer break ends?   Transcript of Dying to Learn

Adopted by a white family at 18 months, Sandy White Hawk lost her family, her heritage and her compass. Now she’s partnering with an Ohio State researcher to show the impact of adoption on Native children and to save the law that could have saved her. Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual abuse and suicide.   Link to transcript here.

Surveys indicate record numbers of teachers will quit their jobs. But COVID didn’t create the crisis, they say. It’s been building for some time.   Link to transcript available here.

More than one in five American college students are also parents. They struggle to find belonging, flexibility and resources in higher education. But they are not giving up.   Link to transcript here.

Her research centers Black women and girls in education. But few people expected a girl from East Saint Louis to become what Lori Patton Davis has.   Link to transcript here

The response families, teachers and friends give to LBGTQ+ youth follows them throughout their lives. The consequences couldn’t be higher.   View transcript     NEWS SOUNDBITES SOURCE: WBNS 10TV, News&Observer, NBCWashington, FOX43, NYPOST - FOX NEWS, Fox News, KDSK News

Students who identify as LGBTQ want the same things their classmates enjoy. The space to learn. Not to be “othered.” How can higher education take allyship to the next level? Link to transcript Materials contained within this podcast are copyrighted property of The Ohio State University.

Ohio State students from China to Syria navigate education, isolation and fear during a pandemic that impacts them in different ways     Link to Transcript

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.    View transcript   X - 2018 Kendrick Lamar (featuring ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi); TikTok audio - cstreetblvd; Wade in the Water - 2002, Blind Boys of Alabama; Office of...

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 faculty 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. Webinar link: https://go.osu.edu/landgranttruth   Link to transcript

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.   View transcript     Image credit "2017.03.07 #MuslimBan 2.0 Protest, Washington, DC USA 00772" by tedeytan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0​​​​​​​    

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.   Click here for transcript

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?   Find transcript here

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.     Click here for a transcript of this podcast.

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.   Click here for transcript.

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. Click here for transcript. Sign up for the dress reveal. 

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.

She grew up sheltered from poverty in her comfortable home in Ghana. But when Irene Hatsu came face-to-face with extreme hunger, she decided to do something about it. At Ohio State, the associate professor of nutrition teams up with a top researcher to help a vulnerable population in novel ways.

Michael Allen came to Ohio State in the late ’60s expecting to study under leading experts in human engineering. Instead, he pioneered computer-based educational technology at the university, commanding the attention of IBM, Apple and other technology heavy-weights.

Mathematics works to hold some people back: Children fitting a stereotype are encouraged to think; others are told to follow. 9/11 changed Associate Professor Theodore Chao’s purpose. He’s out to prevent math trauma by helping children engage in mathematics in “amazing and deep ways.”

When people go to college, they learn more than what their professors teach them in class. Their interactions will fellow students — of different ethnicities, religions and world views — are just as impactful, if not more. Higher education expert Professor Matthew Mayhew calls college "the great intervention" that motivates students to understand each other’s differences. But how did an evangelical Christian with "packaged privileged" come to that conclusion?

Nationally recognized expert Donna Ford tells her backstory on being gifted, black and poor in East Cleveland, and how it motivated her to create change for gifted children of color. -Robin Chenoweth is a writer for The Ohio State University's College of Education and Human Ecology. She spoke to Dr. Donna Ford, a professor of special education. The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology is a tapestry of people with fascinating stories to tell. Individually and...

Where does the spark to innovate come from? Faculty, alumni and students at Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology tell how they discovered their calling, sometimes against incredible odds. Despite the curve balls thrown at them, these pioneers are led to improve lives and create change for those outside privilege. Our monthly Inspire podcast tells their stories.