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Resources For Educators To Use In The Wake Of Charlottesville

    August 14, 2017 | 1:30 PM

    Studies show that the curriculum produces academic, social and emotional gains in students. A time like this, says Brooks, is the ultimate teachable moment:

    “There’s a whole lot teachers can slow down and unpack with their students rather than get completely caught up in the emotion of the moment.”

    How should educators confront bigotry, racism and white supremacy? The incidents in Charlottesville, Va., this past weekend pushed that question from history to current events. One teacher wondering aloud about his role is Derek Weimer. He taught James Alex Fields Jr., the man charged with murdering a woman and injuring multiple others by driving his car into a crowd of anti-racist marchers this weekend.

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