St. Louis teachers turn their classrooms into hubs of social justice

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    St. Louis teachers turn their classrooms into hubs of social justice

    Two of Sarah Miller’s former students were arrested while peacefully protesting the not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of former St. Louis police Officer Jason Stockley. The Clayton teacher was proud. Miller, an American history teacher at Wydown Middle School, has taught her students for years how reformers, from 19th-century abolitionists to the first black U.S. congressmen, fought for change. She was proud to see that her two students had also identified a change they believed in, then stepped forward to make it happen. Miller, who is white, grew up in Clayton and studied social policy at Northwestern University, said ...


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