Controversy has surrounded a Cuyahoga Falls middle school after students were given an assignment last month ranking individuals based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation and other labels. The school district has since apologized, but questions remain on how, and when, we should be teaching diversity to children.
Today on All Sides, we’ll look at how young is too young to teach about diversity and implicit bias.
Guest:
- Russ Iona, Ward 8 councilman,
- Kelly Capatosto, senior research associate, studies,
- Meryl Johnson, Ohio State Board of Education member , retired teacher with 40 years of teaching experience in the Cleveland Public Schools
Antoinette Miranda, professor of school psychology,