Al Barron Reinstated as Monroe Public School Teacher

Monroe Evening News ^ | June 1, 2014 | Ray Kisonas

[madison10]

Monroe Middle School teacher Al Barron who was suspended while the Monroe district investigated his teaching methods on African American history was reinstated....

[GeronL]

Hey, they aren’t paying attention lets put him back in the classroom

[texas booster]

Mr. Barron, 59, was placed on paid administrative leave almost two weeks ago after an assistant principal sat in on his history class while Mr. Barron was discussing the Jim Crow racial segregation laws. As part of the instruction, he showed a video of how white people back then used blackface to imitate African Americans during what they considered entertainment in the 1800s.

The students did NOT object to the video - administration did.

Alan Barron was two weeks from retiring after 36 years of teaching when he was suspended.

[madison10]

Yes, that is true. Rather ignorant of the admin. Something odd about the timing.

[yldstrk]

was Ms. Provo, the administrator who objected “of color”?

[goodwithagun]

The teacher was right on this one.

[Freeport]

So why is fact based teaching suddenly politically incorrect? Yes it happened... yes it's bigoted.

So why not discuss it? Shoving racism & bigotry under the rug does NOT address the problem.

But without further context for these lessons, we'll never know if it was a “good” or “bad” decision to teach it.

[GeronL]

bump

I understand that now