On Nov. 19, Becky Pringle, the president of America’s largest teachers union, issued a statement lamenting the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. She demanded that the nation’s schools push for “justice and accountability for all.”
What begins in union meetings often ends in the classroom. As such, the reactions to last year’s unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as well as to Rittenhouse’s acquittal, have not been limited to the public square. In schools around the country, the Rittenhouse trial has wormed its way into both curriculum and pedagogy. This isn’t the first time either: the trials of Darren Wilson and George Zimmerman also served as easy fodder for activist teachers.
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