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Education ExaminerErica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
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Why Don't Schools Address Racism?
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by Erica Jacobs, Education Examiner
The course I teach at Oakton High School allows students to discuss controversial issues, but we have always avoided affirmative action and racism. We figured we just didn't want to go there. But today proved we should have gone there a long time ago. Students understand that the rules are not the same for all of us and are very sympathetic to those who enter the fray without the same rulebook. Anna Laura's lesson illustrated all of this as she asked students to play by different rules, then reflect on what it felt like to be in a group where the standards were unclear.
Tune into my column in 10 days (the one next Monday will be on a student's Memorial Day) for a look at Anna Laura's lesson, and what we (as teachers and parents) can do to be sure the future of America includes understanding and tolerance. It's a great moment when a student carries on the ideas teachers have presented---and takes them one step further! Hooray for students like Anna Laura!
Topics: class , race
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