Dean Stanton Wortham was featured on a podcast for kids and teens that focuses on the power of kindness, empathy, and emotional strength. Dean Wortham and podcast host, 10-year-old Adorlee Nicholas, explore the role of educators in supporting diverse learners in the classroom.Ā 

Lynch School of Education Dean Stanton Wortham screens his award-winning documentary Adelante. Event included a Q&A after the screening with a reception that followed in the Murray Room of Yawkey. Peter Lynch was in attendance as was a priest who was one of the actors in the film.

Dean Stanton Wortham

With over 30 years of experience in education, Dean Wortham is an expert on how educational and cultural contexts shape individuals and communities. In this conversation, he discusses the importance of educational access for all learnersā€”highlighting the Universal Design for Learning framework and the impact of technology in the classroom. Dean Wortham shares his advice for fostering inclusion and creating more equitable education spaces.

ā€œI would encourage you to spend time learning about people from different backgrounds, with different abilities, different interests, and different languages, because the more you know about the different ways that people from various places approach the worldā€”what they expect, what makes them comfortable, whatā€™s important to them, and what they valueā€”then the easier it is to figure out ways to include them,ā€ Dean Wortham said.Ā 

Listen in on the rest of the conversation to discover more practical advice for implementing inclusive education on .

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