Educating for Black Lives: George Floyd, police violence, and mass uprisings - Passing Period #12

This week: after the gruesome murder of George Floyd in the streets of Minneapolis at the hands of police officers, mass uprisings have taken over dozens of American cities. Manuel and Jeff lament that with schools closed, students lack an important place to process these traumatizing, complex events, to analyze critically, and organize with other students. Also, is this yet another reminder of the great, if ignored, failure of America's public schools - the abysmal record they have of addressing racism in majority white schools?