The words вЂњBlack Lives MatterвЂќ have become a Rorschach test, splitting people who see it as a political slogan inappropriate for school, and those who consider it a statement vital to ensuring students of color feel safe and valued. Kathleen Osta, managing director of the National Equity Project 'Administrators are afraid people are going to come for them, and they're not wrong.' A police union in Utah demanded in September that state officials denounce anti-law enforcement bias in schools, citing an elementary school teacher wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt as an example, which the union said left a child вЂњemotionally devastated.вЂќ Similar backlash has cropped up over everything from school quiz questions in Kentucky and political cartoons discussed in a Texas class, to educators in many states displaying signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, often opposed by parents who insist they want politics excluded from the classroom. In Florida, parents protested last month against the Sarasota County School Board's decision to include Black Lives Matter in the districtвЂ™s curriculum. The uproar in Burlington echoes conflicts in schools and districts nationwide in recent weeks as classes resumed for the first time after massive racial justice protests swept the country following George FloydвЂ™s death, and teachers brought the Black Lives Matter movement into the classroom.

Later that night, a colleague told Statz to look at a private community Facebook group with more than 40,000 members called вЂњBurlington, WI, buy sell & trade.вЂќ Her stomach dropped.ДЄ parent had posted photos of the worksheet Statz used and slammed it as an attempt to вЂњindoctrinate our kids.вЂќ Like-minded community members were outraged and demanded that the school district discipline Statz. Another Black child - one of fewer than 50 Black students in a district of more than 3,000 - gave her a hug after the lesson, she said. вЂњOne of the Black girls in my class came up to me and said, вЂThank you so much for teaching our class about racism,вЂ™вЂќ Statz, who is white, said.

The worksheet posed questions like, вЂњWhat is the Black Lives Matter Movement trying to do?вЂќ and вЂњHow Do We Stop Systemic Racism?вЂќ The students seemed engaged, and asked a lot of questions, she said. Statz thought this could be a teachable moment, so that week she used a childrenвЂ™s book, an educational video and a worksheet to lead a discussion on racism and why people were protesting.

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