The New York Times bestselling book, Swing, written by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess, shines the spotlight on many societal issues that students will want to talk about in the classroom. Cornelius Minor, a Brooklyn-based educator who has worked with thousands of students and hundreds of teachers on five continents and has worked with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University, weighs in on how teachers can navigate sensitive and powerful issues and generate thoughtful discussions in the classroom setting.
