Meg Turner, who works with Catoosa County’s non-English-speaking students, hopes to share a broader perspective on the world after her training this month on the Holocaust.
Ms. Turner, the school system’s English for speakers of other languages teacher, said her work with minority children has changed her perceptions.
“Most of my kids are illegal immigrants, and your class and your sex and your race (define) your educational experience,” she said. “This is an ultra-conservative area, and you have to kind of work within those lines.”
Education systems are political entities where students and teachers can learn racist perspectives if they don’t understand the lessons history offers, she said.
This month, Ms. Turner will attend the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., a trip that she said will benefit her, her students and fellow teachers.