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Malik Torres

Elementary school teacher at the Ella Baker School, a progressive public school in Manhattan, and Sarah Lawrence College Art of Teaching graduate ('21, MSEd '22).

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PODCASTS

Sep 24, 2026

Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among Friends

Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among Friends

Balancing Children's Interests and Needs with External Demands

Sep 24 · 41m

Cara FuhrmanHOST

3:49

And I was like,

Malik TorresGUEST

3:50

what if I just take that mannequin down? And so I had, it's very high up.

Malik TorresGUEST

3:55

So I got one of my former colleagues, who's very tall, who got on a chair and then got the thing down.

Malik TorresGUEST

4:02

And it was heavy.

Malik TorresGUEST

4:03

And then we brought it down together.

Malik TorresGUEST

4:06

And, you know, dust kicking my pants, my arms, everything was very dusty thing.

Malik TorresGUEST

4:11

And then we had it down.

9 MINS LATER

Cara FuhrmanHOST

12:43

So what kind of freedom do teachers have right now at your school around curriculum? Where is that freedom? And then also where are the boundaries for teachers?