Gretchen Kraig-Turner, Jana Dean, & Jen Sauer—Rethinking Schools: Science Teaching for Social Justice

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About The Guests

Gretchen Kraig-Turner teaches biological sciences at a high school in northwest Washington. Gretchen earned a BS in zoology at the University of Washington, an MST at Portland State University, and did postgraduate studies in MLL education at Pacific University and with the Oregon Writing Project at Lewis & Clark College.

Jana Dean spends most of her working life with middle school students and teachers. She currently serves as CEO of the Mathematics Education Collaborative and supports a fantastic team of middle school math teachers in North Thurston Public Schools. Her research focuses on the intersection of content learning and language learning.

Jen Sauer currently teaches 6th- 8th-grade science at a public school in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has also taught 6th grade in Atlanta and English in Japan. She received a BS in elementary education in Memphis and an MS in science education at Georgia State. She is a co-founder and committee member of the Knoxville Outdoor Learning Committee.

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