First-grade teachers in LA suspended and now under investigation after giving students a lesson about the 'genocide in Palestine'

Sun, 11/12/2023 - 14:49

Classroom in a kindergarten school, yellow furniture and tables and blue floor. — A charter school in California suspended a teacher who said he gave first graders a lesson about "genocide in Palestine."
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California teachers suspended after giving first graders a lesson on "genocide in Palestine."
Citizens of the World Charter School hosts its classes at a local synagogue.
The school's principal is also taking a two-week leave to undergo sensitivity training.

A charter school in Los Angeles with classes inside a Jewish synagogue is investigating two teachers who posted online about giving lessons to first graders on the "genocide in Palestine."