Dive Brief:
- The shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, by police officer Darren Wilson, as well as Monday's Grand Jury decision to not indict Wilson and the rioting that followed, raised important questions about race and justice in America that teachers and students will likely mull over this year.
- To get an idea of how educators plan to address Ferguson in the classroom, the Huffington Post took to Twitter to ask teachers how they plan to discuss the events.
- The site aggregated and posted the best responses from teachers across the nation.
Dive Insight:
The initial tweet from The Huffington Post said: "Are you a teacher who's planning on talking with your students about what's going on in Ferguson? Tell us what you plan to discuss by tweeting @HuffPostEdu."
Suggestions ranged from the broad but nurturing: "listen, be kind, facilitate, foster critical thinking, care. As future leaders, they CAN make +ve change." To the more specific: @HuffPostEdu I am going 2 give facts of King case & LA riots & facts of brown case & have them decide what should be done in MO #sschat"