A time to end the silences
Rethinking SchoolsPosted: September 30th, 2008 by R. Lee Wrights
Author: staff
“Educators call them ‘teachable moments.’ Circumstances accidentally cross paths, creating the opportunity or need to learn about a certain topic. We might have witnessed such a moment this spring on a national level after Fox News aired short video excerpts from sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Senator Barack Obama’s minister and friend. Right-wing talk-show hosts had a field day and YouTube buzzed as people viewed Wright’s denunciations of U.S. social ills.” (09/08)
