Learning Network: How should schools respond to racist jokes?

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How should schools respond to racist jokes? Is true crime as a form of entertainment ethical? Is high school a good time to train for a career? What is unique about where you live? These are just a few of the questions we posed recently in our writing prompts. We’d love to read your students’ answers. Happy writing! The Learning Network WRITING PROMPTS [[At left, Taylor Swift sings into a microphone with her back to the camera. At right, Mikaela Shiffrin holds her skis in her right hand.] Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times; Doug Mills/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpRTWP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8wNS9sZWFybmluZy93aG8taXMteW91ci1oZXJvLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbG5fMjAyNDAyMDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE0NDc1Jm5sPXRoZS1sZWFybmluZy1uZXR3b3JrJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTc0NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW61o_CZWv_-lVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Student Opinion Who Is Your Hero? Who inspires you to pursue your dreams or improve your life? By Shannon Doyne](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpRTWP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8wNS9sZWFybmluZy93aG8taXMteW91ci1oZXJvLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbG5fMjAyNDAyMDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTE0NDc1Jm5sPXRoZS1sZWFybmluZy1uZXR3b3JrJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTc0NjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW61o_CZWv_-lVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [[Article Image] Illustration by Pola Maneli](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnpRTWP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8wMS9sZWFybmluZy9ob3ctc2hvdWxkLXNjaG9vbHMtcmVzcG9uZC10by1yYWNpc3Qtam9rZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9sbl8yMDI0MDIwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTQ0NzUmbmw9dGhlLWxlYXJuaW5nLW5ldHdvcmsmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NzQ2MyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZbrWj8Jla__6VVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Student Opinion How Should Schools Respond to Racist Jokes? Have you ever heard hateful jokes at your school? How did your teachers deal with these incidents? 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