Teaching While White Podcast
Teaching While White Podcast
Teaching While White
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.
Why Now is the Perfect Time to Teach
In this episode Jenna sits down with Eva Lauren Jean-Charles to discuss revolutionary teaching, why student apathy is not the problem, and why now is the perfect time to teach.
Jun 6
What we can learn from the fight for Mexican-American Studies, with Dr. Nolan Cabrera
Jenna and Liza sit down with Dr. Nolan Cabrera to learn about the fight for Mexican-American Studies in Arizona, and how it is a blueprint for what is happening today in American Education.
Nov 6, 2025
Why Teaching Matters with Dr. Pedro Noguera
Jenna and Liza sit down with Dr Pedro Noguera to discuss teachers expectations, the role of parents and the so called, "Achievement Gap."
Oct 24, 2025
The History of Whiteness, with Dr. Jacqueline Battalora
Jenna & Liza sit down with Jacqueline Battalora to learn about the history of whiteness and how to bring that alive in the classroom.
Oct 9, 2025
Teaching While White the Reboot!
Listen to the trailer for the upcoming episodes- that will start being released October 9th!
Sep 30, 2025
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.
Mar 11, 2024
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.
Feb 26, 2024
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.
Sep 25, 2023
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.
Jul 30, 2023
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.
Nov 28, 2022
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