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Can we teach about Osama Bin Laden's death if it is not on the test?
- 05-03-2011
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Blog by Randy Turner/Huffington Post
When airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, I, like millions of other Americans, felt fear and helplessness. No one knew who was behind the attacks, how many more were coming, or what could be done about them. At one time, I would have gone to work at my job as an editor of a small Missouri daily newspaper, put together an AP package on the attacks, assigned reporters to localize the story, and either worked on a sidebar or provided commentary. When I heard the news, I was nowhere near a newspaper office. I was standing in front of a classroom of eighth-grade creative writing students in a trailer in Diamond, Mo. And I, like thousands of teachers across the United States, had the important, but unenviable task of helping explain the unexplainable to students. My thoughts went back to that day, nearly 10 years ago, after I heard the news last night of the death of Osama bin Laden. (more...)
Also: Education Week, Huffington Post
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