ST. LOUIS (CBS Local)-- An elementary school teacher in Missouri was placed on administrative leave after asking students to set a price on slaves. The question was part of an assignment given to ...

The Mehlville School District said the teacher has since been placed on paid administrative leave Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

MEHLVILLE, Mo. (CNN/WFLA) — A troubling slavery-themed class assignment landed a Missouri school district teacher on administrative leave. The question asked fifth grade students to put a price on ...

An elementary school teacher in Missouri has been placed on leave after asking students to “set your price for a slave” on an assignment. The fifth-grade teacher, who has not been named, teaches ...

Superintendent of the school district called it "unacceptable." A Missouri teacher was placed on paid administrative leave after asking students to put a price on slaves for a school social studies ...

A Missouri teacher was placed on administrative leave Monday after asking students to put a price on slaves as part of a "culturally insensitive" assignment, school officials said. The unidentified ...

MEHLVILLE, MO -- A class assignment landed a Missouri teacher on administrative leave and has the NAACP calling for a formal apology. It happened at an elementary school in Mehlville, Missouri.