indian education

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigenous leaders and academics to discuss how indigenous ways of knowing and leading can, and should, shape the education system.  

In this episode, they are joined by Dr. Susan Faircloth to discuss the relationship between education and sovereignty, the National Indian Education Study, identity and home, and indigenous leadership.

Awaachiáookaate’, or Jason Cummins Ed.D is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, and recently served as the Deputy Director for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, Office of the Secretary. Previously, he was the principal at Crow Agency Public School. As an Indigenous scholar and school leader he has innovatively worked to lead schools towards authentically serving Native American students PreK-12 and their communities by implementing culturally sustaining, trauma-informed, and restorative approaches. 

Dr. Susan Faircloth, the former director of the School of Education at Colorado State University. An enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, she focuses her research on Indigenous education; education of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special educational needs; and moral and ethical dimensions of school leadership.

Faircloth has published widely in such journals as Educational Administration Quarterly, Harvard Educational Review, The Journal of Special Education Leadership, International Studies in Educational Administration, Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, Rural Special Education Quarterly, and Journal of Disability Policy Studies. She has also authored, co-authored, edited and contributed chapters to several books on topics related to Indigenous education.

Links:

• Q&A about the National Indian Education Study

• Susan Faircloth

• Scholarship List

• Dr. John Tippeconnic III

• Indian Education for All Act

• National Indian Education Study - Setting the Context

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Today, on Smile India get to know about shops without shopkeepers in Mizoram. Based on a price list people take what they want and leave money in a box on the counter.

Also, get to know about an unlettered Padma Shri Award Winner, Bhuri Bai who painted in stones as a construction labourer before she got discovered.

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Today, on Smile India get to know about Dr. Aparna Hegde whose NGO, ARMMAN calls pregnant women and new mothers and gives free counselling in their mother tongue...selflessly saving lives.

Shifa also tells you about the youngster from Bhilwara, Rajasthan who gave up a cushy life abroad to come serve the nation.

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On Smile India, find out how Monisha from Mumbai uses empty cartons of tetra packs to create durable furniture for schools.

Also, find out about how a Mangalore couple are successfully unschooling their twins.

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Today, on Smile India we tell you about Asrar Usmani from Bangalore who commits daring acts to save animals in danger.

We also talk about designer Vaishali Shadungle who made it from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh to the Paris Fashion Week purely on grit.

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Sit back & enjoy some of the best bits of The Indian Startup Show. Today you will hear from Vamsi Krishna, co-founder & CEO of Vedantu. Based in Bangalore, Vedantu is a Live Online Tutoring platform that aims to ‘personalize’ and ‘democratize’ learning in India.

• The online tutoring marketplace in India
• Mentorship
• Advice for students entering higher education
• Stats so far
• Don't apply your MBA brain!
• The hiring process
• Starting his career teaching kids, whose parents worked at a sulphuric processing plant. in Barnala, Punjab
• Advice for startups
• Vamsi has several years teaching experience, so he gave us his revision tips :)
• The 3 main things VCs look for when investing in startups (v.important!)

Neha Motwani - The founder & CEO of Fitternity. Fitternity is a discovery platform for workout classes and other fitness services based in Mumbai. The platform allows users to book free trials with exercise classes, personal trainers, and nutritionists.

• What’s it like being a CEO?
• What most excites her most at Fitternity
• The fitness market in India.
• Core team
• SEO
• Sitters, seekers & hunters!
• Building an MVP
• Just Ship it!
• Overcoming obstacles in the early days.
• Neha's top pitching tips for startups looking to raise money.

Vishal Shah - Founder & CEO of Haute Chef. Haute Chef is a unique "meal kit" concept, They send a box of pre-measured, labelled ingredients along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions on putting together a truly gourmet dish in your home kitchen.

• What Vishal looks for when hiring staff
• Working in finance
• The Indian food Market
• Attention to detail
• Getting his first customers!
• Getting out of the comfort zone
• Dealing with multiple deadlines
• Plans for expansion for the next 3 years
• The startup scene in Mumbai
• His Favourite food!
• What Wall Street is really like!
• The most surprising thing about his entrepreneurial journey so far
• Mistakes first time founders make - (don’t get too attached to your product)
• Bootstrapped v funded startups in India
• Food tips for first-time visitors to India!

Anirban Poddar - Founder & CEO of ShopHop. ShopHop is an e-commerce platform which serves as a curated marketplace for natural, artisanal, home-grown foods and wellness products.

• The vision of the company
• Bacon flavoured Ice-cream!
• Company stats
• Flavours
• Raising money
• Advice on pitching - be prepared!
• What are they working on right now
• Indian e-commerce
• Expanding into the major cities
• Core audience?
• Subscription box
• Winning Pitch 2 Start competition
• What excites him most about this startup
• Business heroes
• Growing Shop Hop's user base
• The hardest part about building this business.

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