Ep 5: Tony DelaRosa and Teaching the Invisible Race

Welcome to episode FIVE of It’s All Trash!

This week I’m joined by Tony DelaRosa,  Author of upcoming book ‘Teaching the Invisible Race’ & PhD Student at UW-Madison AND my former third grade classmate. We sit down to talk education journey, Tony’s new book, education and DEI acronym soup.

Show Outline:

Welcome to Episode 5!

Peaks and Valleys!

What are we carrying this week?

Game Time- Is it Problematic….or poetic? 

Spoiler….it's both : 0

Trash or Treasure News

-We talk about gun violence…..again…

-Did you hear about the pregnant lady who said her fetus should allow her drive in the carpool lane? 

-A plan for teacher retention…..electric vehicle charging? 

Get to know our guest!

-Tony explains important acronyms 

-What does day to day look like for a new dad who's starting a PhD program and doing consulting work?!?

-The journey to education and APIDA work 

-Tony talks his book- Teaching the Invisible Race- and he reads us a poem that started it all

Q&A

-What was the hardest thing to deal with behaviorally in the classroom?

-It’s midsummer and I don’t want to go back to teaching…what should I do? 

Thanks for listening to It’s All Trash, a podcast diving into the trash world of education. 

Your host: Sabrina Alicea @EsLaMaestra on all socials. 

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Today we were joined by Tony DelaRosa- you can find him on all socials at @tonyrosaspeaks

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