Arnold Toht
04-17-2013, 10:43 PM
The New York teacher who assigned her students to write a persuasive essay on why Jews are evil was placed on leave and will be disciplined.
The teacher, who has not been named, was placed on leave April 12 from her job at Albany High School and could face a reprimand or firing, according to the Albany Times Union.
Albany Public Schools Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, speaking that day at a news conference with members of the Anti-Defamation League and the local Jewish federation, said the teacher will be disciplined by the school district and might not return to the classroom this year.
The district also will bring in sensitivity trainers from the ADL to work with teachers and their students, the newspaper reported.
The writing project, assigned before the class read “Night,” the Holocaust memoir by Elie Wiesel, called on the students to research Third Reich propaganda and then write a letter to a Nazi officer arguing that “Jews are evil.” One of the three classes given the assignment refused to carry it out, the Albany Times Union reported. — jta
The teacher, who has not been named, was placed on leave April 12 from her job at Albany High School and could face a reprimand or firing, according to the Albany Times Union.
Albany Public Schools Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, speaking that day at a news conference with members of the Anti-Defamation League and the local Jewish federation, said the teacher will be disciplined by the school district and might not return to the classroom this year.
The district also will bring in sensitivity trainers from the ADL to work with teachers and their students, the newspaper reported.
The writing project, assigned before the class read “Night,” the Holocaust memoir by Elie Wiesel, called on the students to research Third Reich propaganda and then write a letter to a Nazi officer arguing that “Jews are evil.” One of the three classes given the assignment refused to carry it out, the Albany Times Union reported. — jta