It began with a 7-year-old asking her mother to tie colorful “Jolly Rancher” candies to the ends of her braids, copying a hairstyle she had admired in a magazine, for school picture day. But the girl’s mother says a teacher posted pictures of the second grader on Facebook and then led online friends in mocking the hairdo. Now Chicago Public Schools says it’s investigating the incident.
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