2008.11.06
Election lessons might continue for months
Shortly after reading the story in today's paper about Roanoke students discussing what Barack Obama should focus on, I ran across this.
It's a report on at least one school district in Colorado that asked its teachers to stay mum on politics, and steer from supporting candidates' campaigns.
It made me think about all the times I saw Montgomery school board members Penny Franklin and Phyllis Albritton sporting Obama badges and the number of mock elections held at schools across the valley. Teachers I talked to there said the election was, and will continue to be, a teaching tool for them.
And, I suspect, with the inaguration coming right after the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday (as a friend pointed out) and Black History Month the following month, lessons will abound.
What do you think? Teachers, what discussions or lessons are you having in class? Parents, what does the election mean for dinner time topics?
