A heavy routine has taken shape at some schools across the country.
A tragedy grips the nation often the killing of an unarmed Black man by police, but sometimes it’s a woman or a teenager and school leaders bring their students together to learn, to process, to grieve.
The conversations Wednesday, a day after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd, were in some ways unique. The verdict brought a measure of relief, a semblance of accountability in a death that served as a catalyst for a massive protest movement.