(NPR) Teachers Discuss How They Approach MLK Day

Posted by Kendall Harmon

For teachers, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday comes with some heavy challenges. One reporter sat down with a group of teachers, who talked about keeping the lesson fresh — and whether white teachers are prepared to teach about civil rights.

Listen to it all.

Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Children • Education • History • Race/Race Relations • * International News & Commentary • America/U.S.A.

5 Comments
Posted January 17, 2012 at 6:46 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Pb wrote:

There is something about this story which I find offensive. How does anyone teach history? Does it change according to who is teaching it? I am afraid so.

January 17, 12:09 pm | [comment link]
2. paradoxymoron wrote:

Was it the part where the black teacher says that white teachers can’t teach MLK properly?

January 17, 1:33 pm | [comment link]
3. DeeBee wrote:

< sarcasm on >
Ummm . . . Excuse me, but I find the reference to “white” people rather offensive.  Please use “Caucasian-American” instead . . .
< sarcasm off, sort of >

January 17, 4:36 pm | [comment link]
4. paradoxymoron wrote:

No offense intended: some of my best friends are from the Caucasus.

January 17, 8:32 pm | [comment link]
5. Katherine wrote:

“...whether white teachers are prepared to teach about civil rights.”  The premise is insulting.

January 18, 8:51 am | [comment link]
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