Coverage dated April 29, 2022

Teacher under fire for cotton, cuffs in class on slavery

Headline from 13News Now Norfolk

The Rochester teacher has been put on leave while the school system investigates the allegations. School officials haven't identified the teacher.

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13News Now Norfolk
Teacher under fire for cotton, cuffs in class on slavery (opens 13News Now Norfolk)
Published Apr 29, 2022
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The Rochester teacher has been put on leave while the school system investigates the allegations. School officials haven't identified the teacher.
FOX 5 New York
Upstate NY teacher under fire for cotton, cuffs in class on slavery (opens FOX 5 New York)
Published Apr 29, 2022
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Rochester school officials are investigating allegations that a white teacher told his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton and put on handcuffs during lessons on slavery in a seventh-grade social studies class.
Portland Press Herald
New York teacher under fire for cotton, cuffs in class on slavery (opens Portland Press Herald)
Published Apr 29, 2022
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Parents are calling for his firing and for his teaching license to be revoked.

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