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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve read on this board that social justice is hugely emphasized at GDS and the centerpiece of many of the school’s new initiatives. I have no idea how true this is but I’m wondering if Sheridan is thought of similarly? I know there are families who have been part of both communities and I’m hoping they might chime in.

We are moderate Democrats and agree or at least are comfortable with almost all progressive perspectives. But we don’t want an entire curriculum /school identity centered on social justice, particularly in Lower School.[b] Would most early elementary kids at Sheridan describe themselves as “activists[/b]”? Or does that start in upper elementary /Middle? Thank you! [/quote]

Would it be a bad thing if they did?  The goal of activism is to move society towards a greater good. For individuals to advocate a position and both be the change they want to see.  If kids see themselves as activist wouldn’t it mean they are being taught good civic and social engagement skills?

So is your question about education on activism or specific activism around social justice?[/quote]

Not to be a jerk, but could you just answer the question? OP didn’t ask what you thought about it, she just asked about how pervasive it is. (Although, OP, I think you have your answer).

For what it’s worth, while the goal of activism may well to be to move society to a greater good, it is far from true that everyone agrees on what the greater good is on any given issue, or that everyone agrees on whether activism in its more typical forms at schools nowadays is the right way to achieve it. Teaching students ways to think and advocate and use their educations for the greater good is a noble goal of any school, but what that looks like will vary among schools, and there are numerous opinions about how it should (and should not) be done.

Some schools focus pretty heavily on activism (largely by protest, letter writing, and similar), and some of those same schools tend to focus that activism towards the far-side of the current progressive movement’s issues. Maybe that’s what you want for your kid, maybe not. Maybe you think that’s the role of education, maybe you don’t. OP’s just asking what Sheridan is like, and you’re suggesting that anyone who doesn’t think a school that views its mission as training activists for far-left progressive causes must be anti a good world or against the “greater good” (whatever that is).  Not true….[/quote]

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