No doubt there will be much follow-up and press, articles, responses, and perhaps a law suit.  But even without knowing more about the details of the case, we think the facts mentioned above serve as enough information to provoke questions about how we address issues of bias, prejudice, policies, practices, and common sense. The treatment of Ahmed Mohamed should serve as a wake-up call for everyone to step back, just a moment, to reflect on our fears and our rushes to judgment.  What would we have done to balance the encouragement of student creativity with safety and a perceived threat? Someone with a calm head and great insight, someone who knew this young man ...where was that voice in the process? So, the question rises...was it the clock or the clock in the hands of a Muslim student that sparked the fear and set the response in motion?  Read more...