Public school leaders grilled on Capitol Hill over antisemitic incidents in grade schools

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Members of Congress turned to K-12 schools after college protests and anti-Semitic incidents erupted across the country.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., holds up a printout that she claims was from a New York City public school teacher's social media account, during a Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. and antisemitic incidents erupted across the country.

A 15-year-old Jewish boy was punched and kicked in Midland Brooklyn, my very own brother was afraid to go to school because of protestors," said Nisan Safanov, a sophomore at Stuyvesant High School in New York. “I don’t think people necessarily need to get fired, I think they need to open their eyes. Realize the situation, handle it," he said.

“Our Jewish teachers and our Jewish students are simply not safe, and nobody is holding the schools accountable," she said.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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