Each episode begins with hosts Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi reminding listeners that: "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."
There are 10 episodes total, the first of which, To Teach or To Kill a Mockingbird, is from April 2017, and the most recent, Recovering the Voice of Native Americans in the Classroom, was released this past November. It seems like a new episode appears when they have content rather than adhering to some regular schedule. Whether you're just beginning to think about the impact of race in the classroom or you've been doing so for years, I think you'll hear something new and/or valuable in this podcast. Happy listening!
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