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A long-time Buffalo Public School educator is in the national spotlight, selected as one of ten nationwide for Verizon’s Time Innovative Teacher Project.

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Buffalo’s public school students are very aware of the societal problems around them and the racial tensions surrounding the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. A selected panel of students had a chance to talk about those issues Thursday. MST Principal Kevin Eberle leads a moment of silence during a balloon-releasing ceremony in memory of Larrinsha Johnson, 18, who police say was found murdered in Martin Luther King Jr. Park over the weekend. Credit Lenny Lace via Facebook The school district put on a two-hour town hall, moderated by Fatima Morrell, ...

Lessons being taught based on Black Lives Matter principles, which the author finds disturbing, are being taken 'out of context,' according to BPS administrator.

Fatima Morrell, Buffalo public schools' associate superintendent for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, has introduced a new curriculum and series of lesson plans.