Chris Emdin on STEM, STEAM, Make Dream

<em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is sponsored by our upcoming Smart Sprint, Bring Your Portrait of a Graduate to Life. You can register</span></em> <a href= "https://roots.gettingsmart.com/landing/plans/189138"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> here.</span></em></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by the one and only Chris Emdin, founder of HipHopEd where he is the colleague of our</span> <a href= "https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/timothy-jones-on-hiphoped-and-techniques4learning/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">former guest Timothy Jones</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Chris was also the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Multicultural Educator of the Year award recipient and is the author of books like</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/White-Folks-Teach-Hood-Rest/dp/0807028029/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2S1EBY7KZ1SVV&keywords=for+white+folks+who+teach+in+the+hood&qid=1644528268&s=books&sprefix=for+white+folks%2Cstripbooks%2C110&sr=1-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Ratchetdemic-Christopher-Emdin/dp/0807089508/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZGI967DFGWRU&keywords=ratchetdemic&qid=1644528199&s=books&sprefix=ratchetdemic%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ratchetdemic</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and most recently,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/STEM-STEAM-Make-Dream-Reimagining/dp/1328034283/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R3Q8NT2OQJ3H&keywords=stem+steam+make+dream&qid=1644356400&s=books&sprefix=stem+steam+make+dream%2Cstripbooks%2C109&sr=1-1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">STEM, STEAM, Make Dream</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s listen in as Chris and Shawnee discuss Rigor, a new definition of PTSD, STEM education, “ratchet” and much mor