In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the nation’s largest public utility with 9 […]
In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the nation’s largest public utility with 9 […]
Frederick Reese In Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication […]
Frederick Reese In Mower County, Minn., last week, a mother fought for the right to do what she felt was best for her child. Lindsey Nagel, 22, contested a case before the Mower County District Court to determine if her 4-month-old son is to be remanded to county authorities in order to administer a recommended medication […]
As Congress readies for a drawn-out immigration debate, an expanding network of Republican fundraisers is pressing for a path to legal status for millions of immigrants living in the United States illegally. Business leaders and donors who raised tens of millions in the last election are meeting with top GOP fundraisers and Republican lawmakers who […]
As Congress readies for a drawn-out immigration debate, an expanding network of Republican fundraisers is pressing for a path to legal status for millions of immigrants living in the United States illegally. Business leaders and donors who raised tens of millions in the last election are meeting with top GOP fundraisers and Republican lawmakers who […]
Key measures of New York’s tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. As the new provisions take effect Monday, New York’s affiliate of the National Rifle Association said […]
Key measures of New York’s tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. As the new provisions take effect Monday, New York’s affiliate of the National Rifle Association said […]
The mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting used the opportunity to fill in for President Barack Obama during the weekly radio and Internet address to make a personal plea from the White House for action to combat gun violence. “Thousands of other families across the United States are also drowning […]
The mother of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Connecticut school shooting used the opportunity to fill in for President Barack Obama during the weekly radio and Internet address to make a personal plea from the White House for action to combat gun violence. “Thousands of other families across the United States are also drowning […]
A New York English teacher is facing disciplinary action after assigning students a propaganda essay to argue Jews were responsible for Nazi Germany.
The Albany High School teacher, who has not been named, asked student to assume they had to convince a Nazi official of their loyalty.
“You need to pretend that I am a member of the government in Nazi Germany, and you are being challenged to consider that you are loyal to the Nazis by writing an essay convincing me that Jews are evil and the source of our problems,” the assignment instructions said.
“Please remember — your life [here in Nazi Germany in the 1930s] may depend on it,” it continued. “You do not have a choice in your position… use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich.”
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A third of the students in the three English classes refused to do the assignment, which the teacher said was meant to flex students’ “persuasive writing” skills.
Superintendent of the City School District of Albany Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard called the assignment “completely unacceptable,” although she said she believed the teacher did not have any ill intent when assigning the essay.
“It displayed a level of insensitivity that we absolutely will not tolerate in our school community,” Wyngaard said, “I am deeply apologetic to all of our students, all of our families and the entire community.”
Discipline for the teacher could range anywhere from a letter of counsel, to a letter of reprimand, to termination.
A New York English teacher is facing disciplinary action after assigning students a propaganda essay to argue Jews were responsible for Nazi Germany.
The Albany High School teacher, who has not been named, asked student to assume they had to convince a Nazi official of their loyalty.
“You need to pretend that I am a member of the government in Nazi Germany, and you are being challenged to consider that you are loyal to the Nazis by writing an essay convincing me that Jews are evil and the source of our problems,” the assignment instructions said.
“Please remember — your life [here in Nazi Germany in the 1930s] may depend on it,” it continued. “You do not have a choice in your position… use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich.”
More from GlobalPost: Undercover with the neo-Nazis
A third of the students in the three English classes refused to do the assignment, which the teacher said was meant to flex students’ “persuasive writing” skills.
Superintendent of the City School District of Albany Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard called the assignment “completely unacceptable,” although she said she believed the teacher did not have any ill intent when assigning the essay.
“It displayed a level of insensitivity that we absolutely will not tolerate in our school community,” Wyngaard said, “I am deeply apologetic to all of our students, all of our families and the entire community.”
Discipline for the teacher could range anywhere from a letter of counsel, to a letter of reprimand, to termination.
Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
Martin Michaels Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has struck down “Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces” a proposed ordinance that would have required companies to offer 180,000 low-wage employees paid sick leave. The bill failed narrowly but would be a welcome change for workers across the city who go to work when they are sick, afraid of losing […]
