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OTHER VIEWS: Classroom s George Floyd re-enactment is a teachable moment for all school districts
The trouble arose as the class was discussing the Derek Chauvin trial. Students had questions, apparently surrounding the “how” and “why” of George Floyd’s death. In answering those questions, some students eventually ended up lying on the floor with their hands behind their backs; they then tested their pulse to see how it affected their breathing.
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Grand Forks Herald Editorial Board | 8:00 am, May 13, 2021 ×
A Wahpeton, N.D., teacher was placed on administrative leave after conducting what school officials there are calling a “teachable moment” in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis.
May 13—A Wahpeton, N.D., teacher was placed on administrative leave after conducting what school officials there are calling a "teachable moment" in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. According to Forum News Service, Barb Michelson, a fifth-grade teacher, conducted a first-person lesson of the events surrounding the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis .
Our view: In Wahpeton, N.D., a teachable moment for all school districts
The trouble arose as Michelson’s class was discussing the trial. Students had questions, apparently surrounding the “how” and “why” of Floyd’s death. In answering those questions, some students eventually ended up lying on the floor with their hands behind their backs; they then tested their pulse to see how it affected their breathing.
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Herald editorial board | 8:00 am, May 13, 2021 ×
A Wahpeton, N.D., teacher was placed on administrative leave after conducting what school officials there are calling a “teachable moment” in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis.
Teacher has 5th grade students in ND reenact George Floyd arrest
North Dakota teacher on leave over classroom reenactment of Floyd arrest By KVRR Staff | May 12, 2021 at 4:18 AM EDT - Updated May 12 at 4:18 AM
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) - A North Dakota public school teacher is on administrative leave after she had students reenact the arrest of George Floyd.
Barb Michelson, a fifth grade teacher at Wahpeton Elementary School, had students in her class reenact the Floyd arrest as part of what was intended to be “a teachable moment,” according to district officials. She has been on administrative leave since last week.