Schools for All
I want to share a difficult topic with you. I say this not to scare you but to advocate for young people in my school. Please read on, and thank you--in advance. In my opinion, public schools are the foundation of our great society. It's no secret I believe in public schools. I went through public schools. I work in a public school system, and our daughters are in public schools. Public schools welcome all students. In collaboration with our families and community, we teach individual students, and we also teach groups of students to become active and responsible members of their communities and our world. For a moment, please consider what these statements mean. What does it mean that we welcome all students? What does it mean that we teach individual students? What does it mean that we teach groups of students? One way to consider these statements is to think about what they don't mean. Obviously, we don't just teach kids who are a certain ethnicit