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 ...

School officials in western New York are investigating claims that a White teacher instructed his students, most of whom were Black, to pick seeds out of cotton while wearing handcuffs during class.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read the latest development: RCSD teacher accused of making Black students pick cotton sues parents, Rochester nonprofit A teacher ...