Aixa Rodriguez's guest appearances

Aixa Rodriguez

The Rick Smith Show

Indy Audio

Warriors of Education Podcast

Alexandra Haridopolos

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bernie Sanders

Chris Stewart

Eileen Myles

Tiffany King

Eric Garner

Robert Ross

Jimmy Hoffa

Tim Faust

Hurricane Maria

Jay Walker

Astra Taylor

Marc Ribot

J.S. Ondara

OwlTail

John Tarleton

John Tarleton interviews Aixa Rodrgiuez, a high-school ESL teacher, member of Movement of Rank-and-File Educators &amp; Bronx Educators United for Justice, about the way NYC public schools were opened and closed this fall. This interview comes less than a week after Mayor de Blasio's 11/18 announcement that public schools would close the following day.

Aixa Rodriguez Interviewed on WBAI by John Tarleton

John Tarleton interviews Aixa Rodriguez, a public school teacher from the Brons and member of MORE, the social justice caucus of the  United Federation of Teachers (UFT), about the possibility of a UFT sponsored strike in opposition to NYC's Sep. 10 planned re-opening of schools in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jia Lee

On Today's episode we talk to Jia Lee and Aixa Rodriguez from MORE ( Movement for Rank and File Educators) on the pressure on teachers to return to the classroom. Without the help of leaders teachers are gathering in solidarity to come up with safe solutions for students teachers and parents. "We have to turn off the noise and focus on what we can do together by creating a campaign of escalating actions." Jia Lee is a special education teacher at The Earth School, parent and proud member of MORE. She is also involved in Black Lives Matter at Schools, NYC and NYC Opt Out. Aixa Rodriguez is featured in the film Warriors of Education. She is a Puerto Rican educator and activist who has been teaching ESL since 2005 with the NYCDOE. She is the founder of Bronx Educators United for Justice recently collaborated with Bronx Power for 3 community meetings called #Vision4BronxSchools bringing together a diverse group of people to discuss public education and envision what the future schools of the Bronx should and could look like if the stakeholders voices were heard, and not the influencing and interfering billionaire philanthrocapitalists. 

On Today's episode we talk to Jia Lee and Aixa Rodriguez from MORE ( Movement for Rank and File Educators) on the pressure on teachers to return to the classroom. Without the help of leaders teachers are gathering in solidarity to come up with safe solutions for students teachers and parents. "We have to turn off the noise and focus on what we can do together by creating a campaign of escalating actions." Jia Lee is a special education teacher at The Earth School, parent and proud member of MORE. She is also involved in Black Lives Matter at Schools, NYC and NYC Opt Out. Aixa Rodriguez is featured in the film Warriors of Education. She is a Puerto Rican educator and activist who has been teaching ESL since 2005 with the NYCDOE. She is the founder of Bronx Educators United for Justice recently collaborated with Bronx Power for 3 community meetings called #Vision4BronxSchools bringing together a diverse group of people to discuss public education and envision what the future schools of the Bronx should and could look like if the stakeholders voices were heard, and not the influencing and interfering billionaire philanthrocapitalists.

Episode 21: Teachers Returning To The Classroom: A Conversation with Aixa Rodriguez and Jia Lee about The Grassroots Movement