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How teachers calm, educate students amid swirl of election emotions

In Springdale, Ark., a second-grader from Mexico came to school Wednesday with tears in her eyes. She asked: “Does this mean we’re going to have to get all the stuff out of our house?” says Justin Minkel, her teacher at Jones Elementary, where 99 percent of the students live in poverty, and 85 percent speak English as a second language.

He reassured her that President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have the power immediately to send her family back to Mexico, and helped them understand when Mr. Trump will take office and how checks and balances work. He also took his students for a walk outside to give them a chance to think.

“Every teacher I know today was grieving,” Mr. Minkel says, “but we will be channeling this into making sure our students feel safe and loved.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2016/1110/How-teachers-calm-educate-students-amid-swirl-of-election-emotions-video

 

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