About Learning, Not Activism

CPAN on CBS News Colorado:

About Learning, Not Activism

As student walkouts over federal immigration enforcement spread to Colorado schools, CBS News Colorado turned to CPAN founder Lori Gimelshteyn to ask where civics ends and politics begins. Gimelshteyn said civic engagement matters for students and adults alike, but schools have a duty to present balanced viewpoints instead of giving students one side and encouraging them to walk out or lead protests. After hundreds of teachers called out in January to join a nationwide economic strike against ICE, CPAN created a parent guide on how schools should handle student activism. It gives families specific questions to raise with their children and their schools. The segment also covered Denver Public Schools’ position that it does not encourage students to leave class to protest for or against any cause, that students who walk out are marked absent, and that teachers must use personal time to participate. The report featured DPS teachers with differing views on the protests.

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