Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Lakeshore Schools Rescinds Disciplinary Action Against English Teacher Christine Schroeder For Perceived Racist Vocabulary Quiz

Lakeshore Schools Rescinds Disciplinary Action Against English Teacher Christine Schroeder For Perceived Racist Vocabulary Quiz: In a nod to the power of community and social media, Lakeshore Public Schools in Stevensville, Mich. has rescinded disciplinary action against an Advanced Placement English teacher for a controversial question she wrote on a vocabulary quiz.

Christine Schroeder, a teacher at Lakeshore High School, was suspended for four days, WSJM reports, and had agreed to attend a racial sensitivity workshop after giving students a quiz with a fill-in-the-blank question asking for a word that describes neighboring Benton Harbor -- a poor, mostly black town. The answer Schroeder was looking for was "sordid," which means dirty, filthy or squalid.