How should schools teach kids about what happened at the US Capitol on Jan. 6? We asked 6 education experts
- Written by David Schonfeld, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, University of Southern California
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the U.S. Capitol.Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty ImagesTeachers scrambled to create lesson plans to help students make sense of the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol right after it happened.
It’s a fraught task. Even the news media wasn’t sure what to call this...

