The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1/9, Anderson, Ibata) reports that a math worksheet at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, which "used examples of slavery in word problems" has caused outrage among local parents and activists. Local officials promised to "work with teachers to come up with more appropriate lessons and will offer more opportunities for staff development," but "that didn't go far enough for some parents at the school, where a majority of the students are minorities. They called for an apology and diversity training for the teachers and district officials." The paper notes that "School district officials said teachers were attempting to incorporate history into their third-grade math lessons."
ABC World News (1/8, story 9, 1:25, Muir) reported, "Parents in Atlanta are outraged after eight-year-olds were asked to solve math problems about slaves picking oranges and being beaten." The piece notes that officials have "destroyed the worksheets and promised to work with teachers. But that's not enough for many parents."
The New York Daily News (1/9, Caulfield) reports that local parents "were outraged when their children's math homework referred to slavery and beatings," and the school is now "in hot water after third-grade math teachers assigned students homework problems that contained references to slavery and beatings, local station WSBTV reported."
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