Re: Oct. 13 Lecky letter
Nancy Lecky states in her letter: ¨The school board is not a political entity, and to make it so, would be a disservice to our community and to our children¨
Then in the next paragraph, she contradicts herself: ¨It is where our children come together to learn alongside others that come from different social demographics, and political ideologies¨
I am a mother, grandmother, wife, and retired teacher and college professor of 25-plus years. Indeed, a teacher’s political views do not belong in a classroom, as I was trained. Sadly that happens too much in this age.
The root of the word education comes from the Latin, Educare which means to “draw out.” I am also a trained Montessori teacher, and we were taught the teacher is not the dominant force in the classroom, but a gracious facilitator, or directress in an age-appropriate prepared environment, the classroom.
Under John Dewey’s agenda a hundred years ago (at Columbia Teachers College in New York City, a leading force in public education) and which now molds public education, the classroom has become State-centered, not parent, child, teacher...
We were also trained that education is a three legged stool... parent, child, teacher. Without one leg, it fails.
Theresa-dente Zuluaga, Woodland Park
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