Students of all ages at Seattle Public Schools can expect extra-curricular lessons on oppression and privilege, racism and transgenderism in the classroom this week as the district participates in the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.
The district disseminated a PowerPoint with resources for educators created by the Seattle Public Schools Black Education Department in collaboration with teachers and academics. The resource highlights activities for teaching students the 13 principles and four demands of Black Lives Matter at School organization.
The week’s activities are not part of the curriculum despite being taught in the classroom.
“As always, practice your professional discretion,” one slide says. “The following resources do not represent SPS adopted curriculum, but all resources have been checked for quality, relevancy, and recency.”
The district’s 2015 supplementary instructional materials policy says such materials should be “consistent with district-adopted curriculum” and “be generally culturally relevant, free of sex bias, stereotyping, race, class, and other forms of bias.”