CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) — Parents of students at a Chicago elementary school said they were shocked to learn students were assigned to research rapper Chief Keef and listen to his music.
The parents said their sixth grade students in a music class at Fiske Elementary had a long-term substitute teacher while their instructor was on leave and the sub gave the young students an assignment about the life and music of Chicago rapper Chief Keef, real name Keith Cozart.
The school and substitute teacher are now being criticized by parents who said the music, which is filled with profanity and references to drugs and violence, is inappropriate for elementary school students.
“If you were a sub, you were supposed to take on whatever assignment the regular teacher was given, not what you wanted to give them,” parent Shawnta Powell told WJW-TV.
The assignment sheet included questions about who shot Chief Keef, why he was on house arrest and why he dropped out of Chicago Public Schools.
A CPS spokeswoman said the assignment was not approved by the district or school administration.
“This inappropriate project was immediately suspended by the principal as soon as she learned about it. While teachers have flexibility in making assignments, CPS requires them to provide age-appropriate material in the classroom,” spokeswoman Emily Bittner told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Parent Katrina Sanders posted a video on YouTube criticizing the assignment. She said her son previously brought home an assignment about controversial singer Chris Brown.
“We don’t send our children to John Fisk to learn about some doggone Chief Keef and how many times he has been shot and what house arrest crime he is on. My son is not exposed to this kind of music,” Sanders said.
The substitute is no longer in charge of the music class, CPS said.
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