Educators

When Guinea Bissau on the West African coast declared independence in 1973 the rate of illiteracy in its adult population was ninety percent. The new government faced the enormous task of educating its citizens. With Freire as collaborator and advisor the government launched a huge grass-roots literacy campaign and this audiobook is Freire’s memoir of that campaign.

Misto de guia literário e romance de formação, É tempo de morangos entrelaça memórias da infância da autora, passagens de sua adolescência e da vida adulta com clássicos da língua portuguesa. Criada em São Bernardo do Campo (SP), ainda menina Bruna Martiolli brincava de dar aulas para suas bonecas. Mais tarde, acabou se tornando professora e encontrando seu lugar no mundo graças aos livros.

There are moments in history that can only be understood in hindsight. And then there are moments like this one— when the change is happening so fast, so deeply, and so quietly, that we are living inside it without fully realizing it. This audiobook exists in such a moment. Over the last seventy years, the United States—and the world—has undergone transformations that once would have taken centuries. Entire industries have risen and disappeared. Ways of working, communicating, learning, and building have been reinvented again and again. What was once physical became mechanical.

What happens when the systems meant to support the inclusion of dual language learners and children with disabilities begin to undermine it? How does an educator remain grounded when policy and power collide with purpose? In Shattered and Becoming: A Teacher’s Journey Between Policy and Purpose, Mr. Andrew returns to his inclusive early childhood classroom confident in his convictions about connection, belonging, and leadership.

Tony is a seasoned professional with more than three decades of experience working in youth correctional services. His career has been shaped by a deep commitment to understanding, guiding, and advocating for young people during some of the most vulnerable seasons of their lives. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Developmental Psychology and a Master of Science degree in Child and Adolescent Psychology, with additional doctoral level studies and research in Administrative Leadership.