Nafeesah Muhammad, a high school teacher in Minneapolis, follows her students’ lead on whether or how much they want to discuss social injustices in the news.
For Ms. Muhammad, covering these topics comes naturally. Some other teachers are uncomfortable or don’t see the purpose. As educators across the country wrestle with addressing the nation’s racial reckoning in their classrooms, what’s happening in Minneapolis offers a microcosm of the struggles and lessons learned since the death of George Floyd here nearly a year ago. It’s played out in the district in the form of teacher training, more space from some teachers for in-class discussion, and, in the Twin Cities region overall, an increase in courses focused on the study of race.
Black History Month: Drexel Event Round-up February 1, 2021
February is Black History Month! Celebrate, discuss and learn at Drexel all month long with these special events. Sponsors include the Center for Black Culture (CBC), Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion (SCDI), LeBow College of Business, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, the College of Arts and Sciences (CoAS), Pennoni Honors College, Drexel s Black Alumni Council (DUBAC) and the Black Faculty & Professional Staff Association (BFPSA).
NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list. If anyone in the Drexel community would like their event added to this page, please contact Rachel Natbony at rn452@drexel.edu.
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College Fix readers may recognize the name of President Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of education, Cindy Marten.
As superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, she forced teachers to go through “white privilege” training that literally told the white instructors “You are racist” and “You are upholding racist ideas, structures and policies.”
According to a person who attended a later training and took notes and screenshots – recording wasn’t allowed – the speaker, University of Georgia Prof. Bettina Love, went into her stock spiel about “spirit murder.”
Both the anonymous attendee and Board of Education member Richard Barrera told Fox News that Marten didn’t simply introduce Love, who founded the Abolitionist Teaching Network last year. Her introduction was “glowing” and “extremely complimentary.”