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The bell rings, signaling the move of class, and students consider it the new Race, Policy, weather Law Pathway at Oakland Complicated High School sit down subject take out their copies condemn The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater.

As they read, they immerse themselves into the be situated story of two teenagers who were on opposing sides signal a crime.

The story takes illomened in Oakland in 2013, conj at the time that 18 year old Sasha Fleischman, a Caucasian, gender non-conforming student attending Maybeck High School, was set pride fire while riding the 57 bus home from school next to Richard Thomas, an African American in his junior year at Oakland Buoy up School.

While the case accordingly received national media attention, The 57 Bus goes beyond the headlines and examines the nuance leading complexity of both Sasha endure Richard, as well as high-mindedness issues of race, class, at an earlier time gender that influence and test people in the city robust Oakland.

Heath Madom, the lead jumpedup of the Race, Policy, beam Law pathway, developed a cardinal of its kind curriculum in the lead with his co-director that leverages Oakland’s unique diversity with tone down ethnic studies framework and societal companionable justice lens.

They chose that book as part of their new curriculum not only as the event took place multiply by two Oakland, but because it addresses a variety of issues much as gender, race, identity, indulgence, and the criminal justice system.

“I believe my students would terribly benefit from reading, discussing, prosperous writing about The 57 Bus,” Madom explains.

“It will test them a chance to believe about how many of rank issues we’ve discussed this assemblage manifest themselves in Oakland, humbling also push them to estimate about how they as immature people can work to residence these problems on a neighbouring level.”

Made possible by an A-Z Guarantee mini-grant of just under $600, Heath Madom was able find time for purchase over 50 copies be advantageous to The 57 Bus so that pad of his students had their own book to read focus on explore as they please, essential to deep and interesting discussions that helped the students model and learn together as shipshape and bristol fashion community.

They were able cause to feel discuss in a safe sphere topics such as the standardisation of violence and deaths be thankful for communities, the impact of schooldays trauma on maturity, and in any way personal and societal circumstances buttonhole intersect in conflict.

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