Teachers across Shelby County share how their lessons are being shaped around history in the making amid limbo in the Tennessee General Assembly.
The historic expulsions of former representatives Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin J. Pearson of Memphis have all eyes on Tennessee. That includes young eyes, according to Michael Logan, a music teacher at Memphis Rise Academy.
“They weren’t sure that that was a thing that could happen,” Logan explained. “They were like, ‘oh. I didn’t know that you could get kicked out of a democratically elected position.’ Secondly, the one person that was up for expulsion, but didn’t get expelled was curiously a white woman.”
