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A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child. How many parents have a child struggling in school? The answer: a great many. This audiobook is an informed, practical resource for such parents. As the author of the classic book on home-schooling, The Well-Trained Mind, Susan Wise Bauer knows how children learn and how schools work. Her advice here is comprehensive and anecdotal, including material drawn from experience.

In this down-to-earth guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias. Her book is a powerful tool for educators committed to justice-seeking practices in schools.

How should we be rethinking hunger? This is a biweekly podcast about people who are making change in our food system. The New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network invites you to join in on critical conversations with thought leaders on the issue of food insecurity. Hosted by Sophia Rose, NMOST Meals VISTA and food systems thinker, this informative, interview-based podcast is sure to leave you with a greater resolve to make change.

Host Hayley Strahs is a self-proclaimed productivity butterfly. Last year, she broke free from her messy and frazzled past and finally got her life in order: transforming her room from a biohazard into a safe haven, cutting her homework time in half, and even more. With all of her newfound knowledge, Hayley is ecstatic to help any current students who also struggle with motivation, scheduling, and balancing their school and personal lives. Hayley (she/her) is a current high school student in the Bay Area. Outside of podcasting, Hayley enjoys writing, performing, and art.