Shots fired.

Shots fired.

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npr: Gun control. Climate change. Donald Trump. Affirmative...

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Gun control. Climate change. Donald Trump. Affirmative action.

The first presidential primaries are just weeks away and with all these debates and issues in the headlines, there’s no question that students are going to want to talk about them.

But how should teachers handle these discussions?

Do politics belong in the classroom at all, or should schools be safe havens from partisan battles? Can teachers use controversial issues as learning opportunities, and, if so, to teach what? And then, the really sticky question: Should teachers share with students their own political views and opinions?

Politics In The Classroom: How Much Is Too Much?

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It’s really sad that in a list of issues for this year, Donald Trump is listed as a top issue. Donald Trump is an insane man, not a policy issue.

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"But this election is not going to be about Donald Trump. He thinks it is, but it’s not about him. It..."

“But this election is not going to be about Donald Trump. He thinks it is, but it’s not about him. It has to be about the issues confronting our country. And my sense of it is that every time issues become prominent, he will say something outrageous or do something outrageous so that he doesn’t have to talk about the issues.”

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Sen. Marco Rubio on Donald Trump (via NPR’s Morning Edition)

The thing is, do American’s actually care about the issues? I’m not sure they do.

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