A photo shows colorful cotton field (Photo by Yasin Dikme/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) *A white teacher in Rochester has been placed on leave after his slavery lesson had his class of ...

A social studies teacher in upstate New York is on administrative leave after reportedly making students pick cotton as a lesson on slavery. Rausch is facing allegations of racism, including placing ...

Parents at the school, where half the students are Black, are calling for the teacher to be fired. The school board said that the allegations were "extremely troubling." A white teacher in Rochester, ...

School officials are investigating allegations that a white teacher in Rochester told his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton and put on handcuffs during lessons on slavery in a ...

A white teacher is being investigated over allegations he made Black students pick cotton and wear handcuffs. Parents at the school, where half the students are Black, are calling for the teacher to ...