Ending White Silence in Education with Greg Michie - PTE026

Pushing The Edge with Greg Curran

In this episode, speaking up as White Educators and challenging the silence on issues of social justice - online - and in our schools.

We’re also chatting about truly seeing our students & teaching a #BlackLivesMatter curriculum.

And in the Lightning Round, we’re pushing the edges of visibility, democratic ideals, bias and indoctrination.

Our guest is Greg Michie, a year 7 and 8 public school teacher of Social Studies in Chicago, USA.

For full Show-Notes, go to: http://PushingTheEdge.org/26

Episode Run-Down:

? How Greg pushes the edge for social justice (1:21)

? How we can keep social justice at the forefront of our teaching? (1:41)

? Why step outside what's familiar and comfortable to us as teachers (3:54)

? Why step outside the norm of silence about race, gender and sexuality in education (5:29)

? Challenging the silence - Centering issues of social justice in schools and online (9:09)

? How we can step up for social justice on Twitter? (12:26)

? Talking about access and equity in Tech Twitter Chats (16:05)

? Ending white silence: What can we do as white educators? (18:53)

? Truly seeing our students: A powerful moment in Greg's classroom (26:41)

? Teaching a #BlackLivesMatter Curriculum (30:12)

? Why speaking up is important - even if you think it doesn't affect your community (37:50)

? Feeling afraid of speaking up - what you can do (40:50)

? The Lightning Round - indoctrination, visibility, urban, cultural proficiency, student centered, unconscious and unexamined bias, democratic ideal (42:41)

Related Posts:

? Not Being The Outsider by @GregBCurran - http://PushingTheEdge.org/26a

? Tips for Ending White Silence in Twitter Chats by @GregBCurran - http://PushingTheEdge.org/26b

? Stand with Us for Social Justice in Education by @GregBCurran - http://PushingTheEdge.org/stand-up

? What White Educators can learn from Pittsburgh's Police Chief by Greg Michie - http://goo.gl/TpvWlw

? Amy Winehouse, Allen Iverson and The Importance of Seeing our Students by Greg Michie - http://goo.gl/794kqE

Episode Links:

? Greg Michie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GregoryMichie

? What is White Privilege - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege

? Pondering (my) White Privilege by Shawn White - https://goo.gl/RqSxUU

? Ferguson (Gun-related violence and policing in the USA) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest

? Teaching about Ferguson (Class-resources) - http://www.tolerance.org/teaching-about-ferguson

? Michael Brown - https://goo.gl/chJVuW, Eric Garner - https://goo.gl/j1EPnp

? Tamir Rice - https://goo.gl/YSpCgK, Jonathan Ferrell - https://goo.gl/dMS4DV

? John Crawford III - https://goo.gl/MWiZio, Walter Scott - https://goo.gl/iXCnZI, Laquan McDonald - https://goo.gl/7Bo6Mo

? Beverly Daniel Tatum - https://goo.gl/Lza0Zg

? Educolor Website - http://www.educolor.org/

? #BlackLivesMatter Website - http://blacklivesmatter.com/

Additional Resources:

? The Pushing The Edge Podcast Archive: http://PushingTheEdge.org or https://goo.gl/yJAZFm

? Social Justice Resources: http://PushingTheEdge.org/social-justice-resources

? Greg Curran on Twitter - https://twitter.com/GregBCurran