257: Bringing Joy into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad

We're living in troubling times. When you're surrounded by so much chaos and confusion, it can be hard to figure out where to put your focus and energy. At a time like this, it might not make sense to talk about joy, but that's what were going to do in this episode. My guest is Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, author of the book Cultivating Genius and the 2023 follow-up, Unearthing Joy. We sat down to talk about about why joy is essential in our lives and in our teaching practice. She shares how to bring more joy into your classroom right now, how it connects to justice, and why it's an essential survival skill for teachers. This conversation gave me hope, and I hope it does the same for you. ______________________________________________________________ Thanks to EVERFI and The School Me Podcast for sponsoring this episode. For links to Dr. Muhammad's books and a full transcript of this episode, visit cultofpedagogy.com/joy-gholdy-muhammad .

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257: Bringing Joy into Our Schools: A Conversation with Gholdy Muhammad is an episode from The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast by Jennifer Gonzalez.

This episode is 01:00:55 long.

This episode was published on Aug 18, 2025.

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