I looked at the questions and was like, ‘Wow! This is kind of inappropriate’
NEW YORK — A school principal said she’s “appalled” by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math.
Adele Schroeter has ordered sensitivity training for the entire staff of Public School 59 in Manhattan following last month’s assignment, the Daily News reported Friday.
A teacher had asked fourth-graders to write homework questions that blended math and social studies, education officials said. The teacher then used the students’ questions, including the slave-related ones, as homework for the class.
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A student-teacher said she was shocked by the wording and later refused to hand out the worksheet in another class.
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