The moment I had been dreading happened.
Student names started popping up on my screen waiting to be admitted into this morning’s first Zoom meeting.
What was I going to say to them?
Yesterday in Washington, DC, thousands of Trump supporters charged into the Capitol Building at his urging in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying his Presidential defeat.
What would I tell my middle schoolers?
What COULD I say?
We can’t offer you equitable resources. We can’t stop judging you with biased standardized tests. We can’t desegregate your schools. We can’t protect you from gun violence. We can’t even give you in-person classes because of a global pandemic CONTINUE READING: What I Told My Students About Yesterday’s Attempted Trump Coup | gadflyonthewallblog