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Public education is a barometer of the state of American society.
Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the recent assassination of the conservative political activist Charlie Kirk has created a new set of school-related controversies.
Politics and the Schoolroom
While hard figures have never been collected, it is safe to assume that most public school teachers occupy positions on the left or center-left. The same thing can be said for the administrations of many of the nation’s roughly thirteen thousandschool districts. Of course, there are conservative teachers and districts, but the nature of state-run education and the makeup of the various university schools of education do incline the entire system to the left side of the political spectrum.
By their nature, schools are also conduits of political information. After all, teaching children how to be productive citizens of their locality, state and nation has always been one of the primary tasks of public education.
If I may be permitted a few brief personal recollections, I still remember the November afternoon when my teacher told our second-grade class that President Kennedy had been shot and killed. A little over twenty years later, I was teaching my seventh-grade civics students when news came of the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. We watched the developing television coverage for the rest of the afternoon. Of course, the bombing of the World Trade Center dominated classroom conversations for weeks after September 11, 2001.
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Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the recent assassination of the conservative political activist Charlie Kirk has created a new set of school-related controversies.
Politics and the Schoolroom
While hard figures have never been collected, it is safe to assume that most public school teachers occupy positions on the left or center-left. The same thing can be said for the administrations of many of the nation’s roughly thirteen thousandschool districts. Of course, there are conservative teachers and districts, but the nature of state-run education and the makeup of the various university schools of education do incline the entire system to the left side of the political spectrum.
By their nature, schools are also conduits of political information. After all, teaching children how to be productive citizens of their locality, state and nation has always been one of the primary tasks of public education.
If I may be permitted a few brief personal recollections, I still remember the November afternoon when my teacher told our second-grade class that President Kennedy had been shot and killed. A little over twenty years later, I was teaching my seventh-grade civics students when news came of the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. We watched the developing television coverage for the rest of the afternoon. Of course, the bombing of the World Trade Center dominated classroom conversations for weeks after September 11, 2001.
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Why Teachers Are Risking It All Over Controversial Comments About Charlie Kirk - The American TFP
Public education is a barometer of the state of American society. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the recent assassination of the conservative…
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