Teaching While White Podcast

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Dr. Pedro Noguera is a prolific writer. Some of the books we mentioned can be found here.

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 McDaniel can be found here!

Listen to the trailer for the upcoming episodes- that will start being released October 9th!

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. 

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.

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(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 SchoolsEdutopia: Moving Beyond Status in Math ClassDetracking, AVID atmosphere may improve students’ health, psychosocial outcomeshttps://corp.smartbrief.com/original/2023/05/detracking-psychosocial-outcomesNCTM: Catalyzing Change in Middle School MathematicsRadical MathThe Algebra ProjectRethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers

Despite The Best IntentionsLearning for Justice ArticleDetracking.comVoices for Racial JusticeIntegrated Schools

Episode Resources:Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner, Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even ChanceCarol Burris and Delia Garrity, Detracking for Excellence and Equity Jeannie Oaks, Keeping Track American Progress report, ​​Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All StudentsLearning for Justice,  “How one school stopped tracking students” Parent organizations:Integrated Schools

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

Find out more about City Love Here!

There are plenty of great resources out there. Gere are some to get started.Social Justice KidsRaising Race Conscious ChildrenBeyond the Golden RuleHere is the music from City Love that we featured at the end!

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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.

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 Press Review, and Crab Orchard Review. Make sure to read Thu’s blog as well. Thu can be reached through her website, www.thuanhnguyen.com .

Elizabeth sits down with author and coach, Elena Aguilar to talk about how race shows up in teaching coaching relationships.

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

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.

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 Hurst 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

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, we learn about Project Lit, which was started by teacher Jarred Amato and his students at Maplewood High School. We hear from Jarred and his former student/Co-founder, Jakaylia about the need to rethink how we create readers and writers. Jarred has since switched schools and Jakaylia is now a Freshman in College, but Project Lit is still going strong.

Who decides what books are worthy of study and which voices are included in the literary canon? Interviews with Tricia Ebarvia and Jack Hill.

We speak with white teachers, teachers of color, white students, and each other to uncover the cause and impact of white fragility.

An interview with Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, consultant, and Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Rosetta Lee and Nathan Tanaka, two brilliant educators and social justice advocates, help us explore the myth of the model minority and its damages.

An interview with podcast host, John Biewen- of the series, Seeing White, on the Scene on Radio podcast. Biewen reflects on the evolution of his podcast, exposing historical myths, and making whiteness visible.

In this episode, we hear from Peggy McIntosh, author of, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, and also Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White. Both guests reflect on why they feel it is important to make whiteness visible.

What are the costs of segregation and what role can white teachers play in solving the problems that come with racial isolation in schools? We interview Ralph Wales, Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., and Alethea White.

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