In one classroom, a teacher makes Michael Brown the lesson of the day

The Washington Post's Answer Sheet ^ | November 27, 2014 | Valerie Strauss

[2ndDivisionVet]

On Nov. 25th, a grand jury in Ferguson voted not to indict a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in the shooting of an unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, last August in a case that has stirred civil unrest and accusations of racism by white law enforcement officials. The next day, Steve Singer, a teacher in suburban Pittsburgh went to school and realized that he could not carry on as usual but that he had to address what was transpiring in Missouri. This is his account of what happened that day. Singer is a husband, father, blogger and education advocate who teaches eighth-grade Language Arts at a suburban school near Pittsburgh, Pa. He is an administrator with The Badass Teachers Association and serves on the Yinzercation Steering Committee. He gave me permission to republish this post, which first appeared on his blog, at http://www.gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com, where this appeared.

Singer teaches the academic, or middle-track students at his school. His classes are made up of roughly 70 percent minority students, and an even higher percentage of his students come from low socioeconomic status households. Not surprisingly, standardized test scores are low, but creativity, passion and critical thinking skills are high. Singer says he believes in every one of his students and would do almost anything to help them succeed....

[Antoninus II]

What garbage! This dumb idiot obviously didn’t read any of the witness testimony are autopsy findings...

[fieldmarshaldj]

Didn’t they claim the Gentle Thug was en route to college ?

[rawcatslyentist]

Yeah, he was only a year and a half behind his grade, so he was at the head of the class.

[Bronzy]

Ah, I see what you are saying. But, Officer Wilson was not part of the pac.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

of all the readily available examples of police misconduct, why pick one that is bogus in which to anchor your cause?

Probably to establish the precedent that being black is a title of nobility before which we all are to bow.