It's Black History Month; how are our schools doing with anti-racism work?
It’s Black History Month; how are our schools doing with anti-racism work? BAR HARBOR — Last year, protests led by high school students in response to the death of a Black man in police custody inspired educators here to take a look at racism and initiate work focused on anti-racism. “After this summer, no educator can deny harm has been done to our Black and brown children,” said Annah Houston, an eighth-grade English teacher at Conners Emerson School, “because we’ve heard from them.” Nearly a third of the staff at the Bar Harbor elementary and middle school is parti...
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