What is your school's policy on teacher's expressing socio-political beliefs during class?

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure OP is referring to BLM. At my school, we are told not to share our political opinions. However, the school supports BLM as a humanitarian cause, not political. So, I know teachers have posted BLM banners in their virtual classroom and backgrounds.
People who do not support BLM or sympathize with their platform have just no clue what our country is about...

[Anonymous]

Our school does not intellectually coddle children. The teachers believe that children are capable of understanding the facts, both uplifting and terrible, that constitute the narrative of our country and the world. It's would be a lie of omission to say avoid any discussion of racism in contemporary politics. How do you study the civil rights era without talking about the KKK? How do you understand economics without discussing racist housing discrimination? There was an opinion piece in the WaPO a couple of weeks ago explaining that the point of teaching history is not to encourage love of country. If education does not teach students to face the events of the day with a critical eye, then education has failed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school does not intellectually coddle children. The teachers believe that children are capable of understanding the facts, both uplifting and terrible, that constitute the narrative of our country and the world. It's would be a lie of omission to say avoid any discussion of racism in contemporary politics. How do you study the civil rights era without talking about the KKK? How do you understand economics without discussing racist housing discrimination? There was an opinion piece in the WaPO a couple of weeks ago explaining that the point of teaching history is not to encourage love of country. If education does not teach students to face the events of the day with a critical eye, then education has failed.

+1

And to the previous Landon poster: no, it does not have to stop. Change is needed, and it has to start somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school emailed communication guidelines Thursday and said teachers can encourage discussion and correct false information, but they may not share personal political beliefs.

Interesting. Who decides what is "false"? Is there a resource provided?

NP here, but a legitimate news source that is widely regarded as such. For example, the NYT, Washington Post, BBC, etc. Professional news organizations. This is not a situation where teachers should tell students that there there are two sides to the election story, and it's debatable as to whether there was widespread election fraud; that would be a lie. This is not a "two sides" situation. One side has facts and documentation and 60 court cases. The other side is ill informed and misled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Landon is not supposed to but they have and it needs to stop.

I am pretty certain if a Landon Teacher is expressing socio-political beliefs, they are doing it through the prism of the school's honor and civility codes, as the Catholic Schools likely view the world through their religious beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon is not supposed to but they have and it needs to stop.

I am pretty certain if a Landon Teacher is expressing socio-political beliefs, they are doing it through the prism of the school's honor and civility codes, as the Catholic Schools likely view the world through their religious beliefs.

Yep. This.

[Anonymous]

If you’re pissed about a BLM sign, get over yourself. BLM is not a terrorist, anti white organization. Stop with the fake news talking points and maybe pull your kid and find a nice evangelical school in NoVa somewhere if you are that offended by it. Because this black life (me) would rather not have to deal with your umbrage over the assertion that I shouldn’t be killed by the police because of my skin color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re pissed about a BLM sign, get over yourself. BLM is not a terrorist, anti white organization. Stop with the fake news talking points and maybe pull your kid and find a nice evangelical school in NoVa somewhere if you are that offended by it. Because this black life (me) would rather not have to deal with your umbrage over the assertion that I shouldn’t be killed by the police because of my skin color.

BLM is about a lot more than police brutality. Watch some of the founders speeches and forums

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school does not intellectually coddle children. The teachers believe that children are capable of understanding the facts, both uplifting and terrible, that constitute the narrative of our country and the world. It's would be a lie of omission to say avoid any discussion of racism in contemporary politics. How do you study the civil rights era without talking about the KKK? How do you understand economics without discussing racist housing discrimination? There was an opinion piece in the WaPO a couple of weeks ago explaining that the point of teaching history is not to encourage love of country. If education does not teach students to face the events of the day with a critical eye, then education has failed.

+1

And to the previous Landon poster: no, it does not have to stop. Change is needed, and it has to start somewhere.

+1 agreed
I think the issue is that history should be told honestly and that all children today should be treated as if they will make the world a better place. No child should be vilified based on the past. Just as no child should be held down today either.

[Anonymous]

People who cried when Trump was elected look pretty smart now, don't they.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who cried when Trump was elected look pretty smart now, don't they.

+1 Prescient. Have you seen our downtown? It's a militarized zone. What a sad, sad spectacle our country has become. This is America?

[Anonymous]

Let's all worry about white people's feelings "for once".

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I doubt they had Biden or Trump signs up. FYI, saying that Black Lives Matter is not political, even though you want it to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt they had Biden or Trump signs up. FYI, saying that Black Lives Matter is not political, even though you want it to be.

Can you unpack this a little? The thread asked about 'socio-political beliefs'. What makes something that, and BLM not that?