Teaching While White
Teaching While White Podcast
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 assum...
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Jun 6, 2026
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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Teach 06.06.2026
Revolutionary Teaching: https://revolutionaryteaching.info/start-revolutionary-teaching/ About Eva : https://blackonblackeducation.com/about-2026 Eva’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackonblacked/ Eva’s Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackonblacked Eva’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evalaurenejean-charles/
What we can learn from the fight for Mexican-American Studies, with Dr. Nolan Cabrera 06.11.2025
https://education.arizona.edu/person/nolan-l-cabrera https://chicanostocracy.com/
Why Teaching Matters with Dr. Pedro Noguera 24.10.2025
Dr. Pedro Noguera is a prolific writer. Some of the books we mentioned can be f ound here .
The History of Whiteness, with Dr. Jacqueline Battalora 09.10.2025
Our guest is Jacqueline Battalora , author of, Birth of a White Nation (Her lecture can be seen here ) and, Lucy, a Girls Journey From Indenture to Freedom in Colonial North America . She can be contacted here . Here is the past episode Liza references that explores how to move forward when we get things wrong in cross racial relationships. Finally, the Book Jackie was reading, Betty by Tiffany Mc...
Teaching While White the Reboot! 30.09.2025
Listen to the trailer for the upcoming episodes- that will start being released October 9th!
Episode 29: Coping with Racial Stress with Dr. Howard Stevenson 11.03.2024
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 26.02.2024
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! 25.09.2023
http://www.lizatalusan.com/
Episode 26: Why Tracking Doesn’t Add Up 30.07.2023
(Ep 24) Kevin Welner and Prudence Carter, Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance. (Ep 25) John Diamond and Amanda Lewis, Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools Edutopia: Moving Beyond Status in Math Class Detracking, AVID atmosphere may improve students’ health, psychosocial outcomes https://corp.smartbrief.com/origi...
Episode 25: Despite the Best Intentions 28.11.2022
Despite The Best Intentions Learning for Justice Article Detracking.com Voices for Racial Justice Integrated Schools
Episode 24: As a Matter of Track 02.09.2022
Episode Resources: Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner, Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance Carol Burris and Delia Garrity, Detracking for Excellence and Equity Jeannie Oaks, Keeping Track American Progress report, Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students Learning for Justice, “How one school stopped tracking studen...
Episode 23: Parenting While White (Part 2): The Collective Impact of White Parents on Schools 17.05.2022
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 25.04.2022
Find out more about City Love Here !
Episode 21: Parenting While White (Part 1) -- Talking to White Kids About Race 26.02.2022
There are plenty of great resources out there. Gere are some to get started. S ocial Justice Kids Raising Race Conscious Children Beyond the Golden Rule Here is the music from City Love that we featured at the end!
Episode 20: Engaging Resistance, CRT, and What’s Best for Kids, Part 2 07.12.2021
To learn more about Kimberland Jackson and her work: www.kimberlandjackson.com IG: www.instagram.com/kimberlandj www.mindingmyblackassbusiness.com IG: www.instagram.com/mindingmyblackassbusiness www. TheWholeChild.tv
Episode 19: Engaging Resistance, CRT, & What’s Best for Kids, Part 1 23.10.2021
In this episode, Jenna sat down with Nicole Post, an elementary school teacher from St. Louis. Nicole describes how she met with and challenged the resistance she faced from administrators and parents when teaching about race in her classroom.
Episode 18: Brand New Pandemic, Same Old White Supremacy 18.09.2021
Elizabeth sat down with Thu Anh Nguyen to discuss how the pandemic has highlighted white supremacy in schools. Thu Anh Nguyen (she/her) is an educator and writer whose work centers around equity and justice. Thu Anh has led workshops and writes essays about cultural competence and literacy. She is also a poet. Her writing has been published in Literacy Today , Southern Humanities Review , Cider Pr...
Episode 17: Elena Aguilar on Coaching for Equity 27.04.2021
Elizabeth sits down with author and coach, Elena Aguilar to talk about how race shows up in teaching coaching relationships.
Episode 15: Mockingbird in the Classroom: The Student Experience 08.02.2021
A follow up from, To Teach or To Kill a Mockingbird, in this episode we hear from a group of multiracial students about their experiences studying this iconic text in schools
Episode 14: No Neutral Zone 03.11.2020
In this episode, Jenna speaks with William Yepes, a Spanish teacher in Cambridge, MA who is originally from Columbia. William talks about the false notion of "remaining neutral," and how his journey to becoming a US citizen defined his identity and his teaching practice.
Episode 13: Beyond the Bookclub: Antiracism in Action 19.10.2020
What can White teachers do in this moment to take action in the midst of the duel pandemics or Covid and Racism? Our guests, Jose Vilson , and Kelly Wickham Hurs t give their insights as two educators who are leading efforts to move schools towards antiracism. Other resources mentioned in this episode: Educolor How to Start a Plan and Take Action Against Racism
Episode 12: Hate Groups Recruiting White Students 05.10.2020
Join us as we interview Shelly Tochluk and Christine Saxman who have been investigating white supremacist organizations and their tactics for recruiting white youth as new members, and what teachers and parents can do about it.
Episode 11: Schools Succeeding at Failure with Tim Wise 31.05.2020
What if schools are doing exactly what they were meant to do? What if they were designed to only educate the elite few? Warning: This episode contains swearing, which, given the topic, feels appropriate.
Episode 10: Recovering the Voice of Native Americans in the Classroom 22.11.2019
How are objects from Native American cultures used without context in schools? What are we still teaching about Thanksgiving? In this episode, Jenna sat down with Claudia Fox Tree to talk about how invisible Indigenous culture is in most schools.
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