Thank you for sharing your views on politics in the classroom. For years I've gotten the message that they should not be part of public school education. I appreciate how you've reframed it from the candidates to advocacy, engaging discussions, and perspective taking. Civic engagement is necessary and begins at a young age when we teach students to participate in community.
Thanks Micki for sharing your experience. I think some educators get nervous about this topic because of the conflict it can create with misperceptions about how it is handled. I appreciate one of the other responses in this article: people are opposed to *partisanship* and not necessarily politics. -Matt
Thank you for sharing your views on politics in the classroom. For years I've gotten the message that they should not be part of public school education. I appreciate how you've reframed it from the candidates to advocacy, engaging discussions, and perspective taking. Civic engagement is necessary and begins at a young age when we teach students to participate in community.
Thanks Micki for sharing your experience. I think some educators get nervous about this topic because of the conflict it can create with misperceptions about how it is handled. I appreciate one of the other responses in this article: people are opposed to *partisanship* and not necessarily politics. -Matt