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School director and librarian urges media literacy after online controversy over Hammurabi’s code homework
Summary
At the Jan. 27 meeting, school director and librarian Raya Levy urged the district and community to practice media literacy after an online controversy over homework referencing Hammurabi’s Code, and warned about threats to public education funding and the needs of students with disabilities.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — During the public-comment portion of the Bethlehem Area School District meeting on Jan. 27, School Director Raya Levy, who also identified herself as a librarian, urged the district and community to respond to an online controversy over a homework item referencing Hammurabi’s Code by emphasizing media literacy and community conversation rather than online denigration.
Levy said she reviewed the posted material and examined the historical context, noting that Hammurabi’s Code dates to ancient Babylon and contains language (including references to…
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