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Lisa Petrides

@lisapetrides.bsky.social

Founder and CEO at ISKME.org, podcasting at EducatingToBeHuman.org, and working on ed policy and governance as a CA community college trustee https://smccd.edu/boardoftrustees/ (views are my own, who else's would they be?!)

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · last yr.

New episode of @edutobehuman.bsky.social w/ @chrisfreeland.com from @archive.org - As #libraries face book bans, funding cuts, cyberattacks & digital licensing for materials they can never own, who’s left to protect what we know, what we share and what we remember? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Libraries at Risk: Access, Preservation, and Cultural Memory with Chris Freeland

Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 32m

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · last yr.

What if we could shift our #education systems to focus on learning that is hands-on, healing, and rooted in justice? Latest episode of Educating to Be Human, w/Stephen Ritz at Green Bronx Machine, educatingtobehuman.org/food-justice... #foodjustice #urbanfarming #schoolgarden

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Food Justice Begins in the Classroom with Stephen Ritz

In this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa speaks with Stephen Ritz, founder of the Green Bronx Machine, about how we can transform education by returning to the most essential teacher of all: foo...

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · last yr.

Season 2 of my podcast, Educating to Be Human, is on its way! Meanwhile, here is a special bonus episode that looks back at Season 1. These voices from classrooms, communities, and prisons reminded me just how powerful education can be when we center humanity. educatingtobehuman.org/reflecting-o...

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Reflecting on Season 1: Lessons in Community, Creativity, and Change

In Season 1 of Educating to Be Human, we asked questions—about creativity and curiosity, change and adaptation, empathy and self-worth. We spoke with changemakers in classrooms, communities, and priso...

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · last yr.

This might not make the front page, but it strikes at the core of our society, in terms access to knowledge.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission. We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people. The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions: Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education. Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics. As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make th
Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · 2y ago

1. Google Gulf of Mexico. 2. “Gulf of America"will be at top 3. Click on 3 little dots to right of “Gulf of America” 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click "Gulf Of America" text 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" & type i.e. "the correct name of this body of water is “Gulf of Mexico"

Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · 2y ago

"DOGE staffers have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, the people said, including a financial aid dataset that contains the personal information for millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program." www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data

Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our season 1 finale of "Educating to Be Human" podcast is with Jody Lewen of Mt. Tamalpais College, on the challenges and impact of offering a 2-year liberals arts degree in prison: Beyond Recidivism, educatingtobehuman.org/beyond-recid... #PrisonEducation #HigherEducation

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Beyond Recidivism, Higher Education in Prison with Jody Lewen

Welcome to Episode 10, the Season 1 finale of Educating to Be Human. Host Lisa Petrides sits down with Jody Lewen, President of Mt. Tamalpais College at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San...

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Lisa Petrides@lisapetrides.bsky.social · 2y ago

In today's episode of Educating to Be Human, I chat w/Julius Cave, regional director of the Leading Men Fellowship, on how this program is changing the landscape of education by recruiting and training young men of color to become Pre-K teachers educatingtobehuman.org/answering-th...

Educating to Be Human Podcast: Answering the Call: Young Men in the Pre-K Classroom with Julius Cave

In this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa is joined by Julius Cave, Regional Director of the Leading Men Fellowship, a program of The Literacy Lab. In a field where Black men make up only 1.3% of...

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