Michael Browns Story Will Now Become Part Of Elementary School Curriculum According to recent actions taken by the White House, it appears that they believe that the grand jurys decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown is an issue that should be discussed in schools moving forward. Recently, Christopher Emdin, a Professor at Columbia University Teachers College and a contributor to the Huffington Post, wrote an article explaining why he believes that teachers should be talking to young students about Ferguson. Over the last few weeks students have been inundated with news on the events in Ferguson, Emdin writes. Even when young people are not directly looking for information about these events, updates flash across their television and computer screens hourly. These updates are shaping the ways that youth makes sense of the media, the police, their lives, and their future. For this reason it is imperative that teachers find a way to bring this issue into the classroom. The article goes on to discuss the various ways teachers can educate students about the issues surrounding Ferguson. The methods include things like asking students to make connections between the case of Mike Brown and other instances in history, and goes further to encourage them to write letters to politicians or create a memorial to Michael Brown. It is clear that the topic is controversial, and that Emdins suggestion paints the incident as a pure topic of race, although the grand jury ruled otherwise. Still, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans recently tweeted a link out to the article in support. What do you think? Is this just another example of Obama pushing his own agenda? 