Season 2, Episode 3:

Episode Description: Ivy joined Dr. Ernest Morrell in Washington D.C. at the Watergate Hotel at a Literacy Summit in October 2016 to discuss the importance of not just bringing media into classrooms but how to guide students in examining it critically. Dr. Morrell also explains how to inspire kids to love themselves as readers. He reminds us, that as educators, there is always the opportunity to reinvent.

Dr. Ernest Morrell is the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education at Notre Dame and is the Director of the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education. In addition, he serves on the Board at Lit World. Dr. Morrell served as Macy Professor of English Education and director of the Institute for Minority and Urban Education at Teachers College, Colombia University. He served as associate professor in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Associate Director for Youth Research at the Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access at UCLA. He has been president of the National Council Teacher of English.

The Council of Youth Research

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

CNN

Teachers College Columbia University

Institute for Urban and Minority Education

Institute for Educational Initiative University of Notre Dame