Video: “To Kill a Mockingbird” Gets Teacher Fired?

Matthew Mastronardi, a Spanish teacher at Spokane’s West Valley High School, is having his teaching contract terminated after he read to his class from the assigned book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. As Mastronardi explains it, he wanted to use the controversial passage as an opportunity to explain the importance of context, historical significance and critical thinking to his students.

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