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Beaver Ridge Teacher Reportedly Quits

The resignation of one teacher over the controversial math homework has been accepted by the school board, the Gwinnett Daily Post reports.

Gwinnett County School System has been conducting an investigation about homework at Beaver Ridge Elementary School that referred to slavery and beatings--and now they have reportedly accepted the resignation of one teacher who was involved.Β 

The Gwinnett Daily Post reported today that the school system has confirmed that a single teacher stepped down from his or her job. The names of the teacher involved in the incident, which has garnered national attention, have not been released pending the investigation.Β 

The math problems were an attempted at cross-circicular education. The third grade students had been learning about Frederick Douglass in a social studies class, so a teacher wrote math problems that some parents found offensive.Β 

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