Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Education Week: Detroit Students, Officials Clash Over 9/11 Shirt


Education Week: Detroit Students, Officials Clash Over 9/11 Shirt:

"A group of Arab-American students in the class of 2011 at Dearborn's Edsel Ford High told school officials they were showing pride in their class with their choice of sweatshirts Monday.

But school officials disagreed, confiscating the sweatshirts and scheduling meetings with the students and their parents because the images on the sweatshirts referenced the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. Along with the words, 'You can't bring us down,' the sweatshirts featured the No. 11 as the twin towers with windows included on each digit. The school's mascot, a thunderbird, was flying nearby.

'The whole design gave prominence to the 9/11 tragedy,"