A Trayvon Martin Fundraiser Cost a Teacher Her Job-And Showed the Value of Unions

good.is — Teachers nationwide are looking for ways to educate their students about the murder of 17-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin. But according to Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, doing exactly that cost Michigan middle school teacher Brooke Harris her job. The quality of Harris' instruction isn't a factor in her firing.