School Assignments

Teacher Fired For Traumatizing Math Problems For Third Graders

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012

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A Washington, D.C. teacher who sent home violent, morbid and traumatizing math problems to third graders from Center City Public Charter School's Trin...

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'Communist Indoctrination' High School Worksheets Sparks Outrage

Posted 04.06.2012

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Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa is receiving criticism for one class assignment on the Cold War. Based on a worksheet handed out in a social...

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Slavery Math Worksheet Sparks Parent Protest, District Investigation

Posted 03.11.2012

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Dozens of parents and community members rallied outside a Norcross, Ga. elementary school Tuesday, calling on the school district to fire teachers inv...

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School Under Fire For Slavery In School Worksheet

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

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Parents of students at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Ga., are outraged at the school district's response to the reports of using example...

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4th Grader's Message In A Bottle Reaches The Azores

AP | Posted 12.06.2011

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The Associated Press BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- A 10-year-old upstate New York boy's message in a bottle dropped in the Atlantic as part of a school projec...

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