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Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students

  • Written by Amaarah DeCuir, Professorial Lecturer of Education, American University
imageMuslim students report being teased and harassed when schools focus on 9/11.Jasmin Merdan

Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11 – the deadliest foreign attack ever on American soil.

In interviews I conducted recently in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area – one of three places where...

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