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June 4, 2011Eva Moskowitz, Harlem Success And The Political Exploitation Of ChildrenAs educators, one of our defining beliefs is the principle that we do not use the students entrusted in our care as a vehicle for promoting and accomplishing our political agendas. We hold to this core value even when the political agendas we are pursuing involves causes that will better the lives of those young people, such as full funding for day care centers and schools. When communities and families send their young to us to be educated, they trust that we will exercise the authority given to us as teachers responsibly: we do not manipulate young people into political action they do not fully understand, but educate them into the skills and knowledge of democratic citizenship, in order that one day they will be prepared to make and act on their own informed choices of political action.Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 4, 2011 2:08 AM Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas Comments
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