Share their views or remain neutral? The difficulties of navigating politics for teachers
katieshirreffsApril 15, 2021 It was near the end of Westridge’s Modern Middle East class when some students began clicking the leave button to exit the Teams meeting. They had just finished watching a movie and were about to head on to their second class of the day. But as they started to filter out, one student had a quick question to ask the class, “What did you think about the Syrian missile strike?” The student’s question referred to the United States’ airstrike on Jan. 13, which targeted Iranian-backed militias in Syria. At the time, President Biden’s decision to authoriz...
Source: latimes.com