(Asbury Park Press) Schools Superintendent J. Scott Cascone apologized to staff and the community after what he described as “biased and antisemitic” material was distributed to teachers as a resource for Muslim Heritage Month.
In a staff email on Jan. 4, links directed teachers to the website TeachingWhileMuslim.org. The website hosts recommended lesson plans on teaching about Muslim heritage, but also includes political messages about Palestine, Sudan and Israel that spurred objections from some staff and members of the community.
“While the intention (of sharing Muslim heritage teaching resources) was positive, concerns arose due to the sponsoring organization’s expression of biased and antisemitic information and the appropriateness of some of the resources,” Cascone wrote in an email to the Asbury Park Press.
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