Teaching While White Podcast

Mar 11 2024 29 ep. 665

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Over 80% of teachers in the U.S. are white. But most don’t know that their whiteness matters. TWW seeks to move the conversation forward on how to be consciously, intentionally, anti-racist in the classroom. Because "white" does not mean a blank slate. It is a set of assumptions that is the baseline from which everything is judged; it is what passes for normal. This means if you are not white or don’t adhere to those assumptions, you are abnormal or less than. TWW wants to have conversations about those assumptions: what they are, how they impact our students, and how we can confront our assumptions to promote racial literacy.

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Episode 29: Coping with Racial Stress with Dr. Howard Stevenson

What does Cross racial solidarity look, sound and feel like? Elizabeth and Liza speak with Dr. Howard Stevenson about the need to acknowledge racial stress so that we can be authentic and antiracist in our cross racial relationships.

Episode 28: Cross Racial Solidarity

In this episode, Jenna and Liza talk with a cross racial team, Dr. Tabitha Moore and Erin Maguire from Vermont public schools about how they have been able to build a successful collaboration across race to effect greater change.

Episode 27: Our New Co-Host: Liza Talusan!

Jenna sits down to interview Liza, our new co-host, and they discuss what it it means to have principled partnerships across race.

Episode 26: Why Tracking Doesn’t Add Up

In this episode, we interview two teachers who detracked their math classes. We also spoke with some of their students to find out the impact of tracking and how we can make math literacy more equitable for all.

Episode 25: Despite the Best Intentions

Jenna Speaks with John Diamond and Amanda Lewis about the role of white educators and white parents in perpetuating racial disparities.

Episode 24: As a Matter of Track

In this episode, Jenna speaks with Kevin Welner, about the system of tracking, or ability based groupings, and the large racial disparities in Gifted and Talented, and Honors classes. Kevin Welner is a white, male professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, and directs the National Education Policy Center. He specializes in educational policy and law

Episode 23: Parenting While White (Part 2): The Collective Impact of White Parents on Schools

Jenna spoke with Ellen Guettlet about her decision to move her children out of a predominantly white school in Minneapolis.

Episode 22: Talking to Young, White Children About Race, with City Love

We know some white adults want to talk about race and racism with young children but don't know where to strart. In this interview with band members of City Love, we discuss how essential those conversations are and how to get started.

Episode 21: Parenting While White (Part 1) -- Talking to White Kids About Race

IIn this episode, Jenna speaks with Mollie Monahan founder of Social Justice Kids, and Debby Irving, racial justice educator, and writer, about the need for talking about race with white kids, and some strategies for how to do it, along with some mistakes and lessons learned.

Episode 20: Engaging Resistance, CRT, and What’s Best for Kids, Part 2

In this episode, Jenna sits down with Kimberland Jackson to discuss how she thinks about talking about race with students and the resistance she encounters.