Inside Lagunitas Middle School, Katherine Sanford is trying to change the way her eighth-grade students think about justice.
Twice a week, as part of her new Equity and Activism Project, students take seats on the floor or in high-top desks and learn about inequity: how the discrimination and prejudices of the past set down roots that originated many of the issues we see today. As part of the curriculum, students discuss the differences between slavery and…