An old episode to start a new series: Inclusive Education with Maya Kalyanpur

Trailer Season 4

This is the trailer for Season 4 of Dive in and the new series on inclusive education

An old episode to start a new series: Inclusive Education with Maya Kalyanpur

As we gear up for DiveIn's upcoming season 4 and a new series on inclusive education, we're revisiting a conversation that offers the perfect starting point: a global perspective on inclusion, disability, and educational equity. In this episode, Federico talks with Maya Kalyanpur, professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of San Diego. Dr. Kalyanpur began her career teaching children with intellectual disabilities in India, served as an advisor on inclusive education to Cambodia's Ministry of Education, and has conducted research throughout South Asia and the United States. Together, they explore: * What we mean when we talk about the Global South and why the term is more political than geographic * How disability and inclusion are understood differently across cultural contexts * Why educational models developed in the United States and other Western countries do not always translate well to other parts of the world * The tensions between international inclusion policies and local knowledge * Lessons from India and other countries about community, family, work, and disability * How educational systems can unintentionally create new forms of exclusion while attempting to promote inclusion * What scholars and practitioners in the United States can learn from the Global South * Why humility, collaboration, and listening to communities are essential for advancing equity in special education Throughout the conversation, Dr. Kalyanpur challenges us to rethink some of the assumptions we take for granted about disability, schooling, independence, and inclusion. Rather than exporting solutions from the Global North, she argues for building educational systems that emerge from the cultural values, histories, and lived experiences of local communities. As DiveIn prepares to launch its new series on inclusive education, this episode provides an important reminder: before debating how inclusion should happen, we need to ask whose perspectives are shaping our understanding of what inclusion means.

Educational Segregation in Spain (Divein Miniserie). Season Finale: Solutions and a Final Twist

In the final episode of our DiveIn miniseries on school segregation in Spain, the story reaches the Basque parliament—and takes an unexpected turn. After organizing, gathering signatures, building alliances, and pushing educational segregation into the public debate, the grassroots initiative (ILP) finally presents its proposals to lawmakers. Their demands are bold: * publicly funded schools must truly be free, * all schools should reflect the demographics of their communities, * enrollment should be centralized to reduce segregation, * and schools receiving public funds must be held accountable for equity. But what happens when educational reform collides with politics, language identity, and powerful institutions? As the movement appears ready for victory, a dramatic political reversal changes everything. Or does it?

DiveIn Miniserie Educational Segregation in Spain Ep. 3: The Causes

In this third episode of our DiveIn miniseries on school segregation in Spain, we move beyond the headlines and ask a difficult question: What actually causes school segregation in Spain and the Basque Country? After following the grassroots movement pushing the issue into the Basque parliament, we now dive into the deeper structural forces shaping who attends which schools—and why. Through conversations with leading researchers and policy experts, this episode unpacks the complex web behind segregation: publicly funded private schools (escuelas concertadas), school choice policies, hidden fees, language politics, middle-class flight, and cultural barriers facing immigrant families. You’ll hear how Spain’s dual school system creates powerful incentives for social sorting, but also why the story is far more complicated than simply blaming private-public partnerships. Experts challenge simplistic explanations and reveal how segregation is increasingly happening within school networks—including inside public schools themselves. This episode also explores one of the most fascinating and politically sensitive issues in the Basque Country: language as a mechanism of segregation. Can bilingual and Euskera immersion programs unintentionally separate students along class and immigration lines? And how do schools created as symbols of cultural resistance become part of a system producing inequality? Along the way, Federico connects these debates to the United States, comparing Spain’s segregation patterns with the long history of housing discrimination, school choice, charter schools, and white flight in the U.S. Episode Transcript [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404714506_DIVEIN_School_Segregation_in_Spain_Episode_3_The_Cuases]

The Disproportionality Series Final Episode: A Conversation with Alfredo Artiles

In the final episode of DiveIn’s Disproportionality Series, host Federico Waitoller welcomes back Alfredo Artiles—one of the leading scholars in the field and the very first guest ever featured on the podcast. Drawing on more than three decades of research, Dr. Artiles challenges listeners to rethink disproportionality beyond simplistic debates about over- and underrepresentation in special education. Instead, he invites us to examine the historical, cultural, political, and institutional forces that shape how disability, race, and educational opportunity intersect. This conversation explores: * Why disproportionality cannot be understood outside of history and context * The limitations of current research and policy approaches * How race, disability, and inequity become intertwined through institutional practices * The “equity paradox” of special education as both a site of support and exclusion * What next-generation research and policy on disproportionality could look like Throughout the episode, Dr. Artiles offers powerful examples, provocative critiques, and hopeful possibilities for reimagining teaching, learning, and advocacy for students with disabilities. Whether you are a researcher, educator, policymaker, student, or advocate, this episode offers a deeply reflective and intellectually engaging conclusion to one of DiveIn’s most important series to date. TRASNCRIPT OF EPISODE [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404551873_The_Disproportionality_Series_Final_Episode_A_Conversation_Alfredo_Artiles]