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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A veteran teacher is under investigation amid claims from parents that Black students were made to wear handcuffs and pick cotton during lessons about slavery. The allegations are leveled against ...