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Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine

Date: June 3, 2019
Category: News
Regions: Midwest

Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ben Sales
May 31, 2019
Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after members of Jewish community call it one-sided

CHICAGO (JTA) — A high school district with a large Jewish population has withdrawn its recommendation of an optional training opportunity for teachers called “Teaching Palestine” after local teachers, synagogues and national organizations protested.
The training was one of several offered to high school teachers in a section of north suburban Chicago. One of the schools, Niles North High, is the primary high school serving Skokie, a local Jewish population center.
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