Roberto Livar A worksheet given to an eigthA charter school network has apologized for an assignment asking students to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery, calling the worksheet a “clear mistake.” “To be clear, there is no debate about slavery,” Aaron Kindel, superintendent of Great Hearts Texas, said in a statement posted on Facebook Thursday. Livar said he was “pissed” as soon as he saw the worksheet. Castro called the assignment “absolutely unacceptable” in a tweet on Thursday. A @GreatHeartsTX charter school in San Antonio asked students to complete a “balanced view” assignment about slavery, requiring them to list the “positive aspects” of slave life. The teacher worked from a @pearson textbook.

Source: Huffington Post April 20, 2018 22:07 UTC