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Study: Educators Grapple with So-Called “Trump Effect” On Campus

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016   

LAS VEGAS - A new study suggests that divisive campaign rhetoric is frightening students, particularly those who fear that undocumented family members could be deported.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center report, "The Trump Effect: The Impact of The Presidential Campaign on Our Nation's Schools," teachers have noted an increase in bullying of students whose races, religions or nationalities have been targeted on the campaign trail.

Ruben Murillo Jr., president of the Nevada State Education Association, said he has heard many stories of clashes between students over the election because kids pick up on what their parents say and repeat it at school.

"A 25-year music teacher said a student approached minority students and told them, 'My parents are voting Trump. And when he wins, you will leave the next day,' " Murillo said.

Another teacher from a Las Vegas middle school, where many of the students are African immigrants, reported that the kids are stressed when the CNN Student News reports on the election, and some have asked that it be turned off. Some teachers report an uptick in hostile attitudes toward Muslim children, similar to what happened after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., said the tenor of the debates has sunk to a new low.

"It's a terrible situation when parents don't even want their children to watch the debates or the Trump rallies that are covered on the news," she said, "because they're afraid of the low level of the language that's being used."

The debate coming up tonight at UNLV poses a special problem. The report surveyed 2,000 teachers from across the United States and found many high school civics teachers are in a quandary: They aren't comfortable making usual election-year assignments to watch and analyze the presidential debates.

The study is online at splcenter.org.


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