Voices: Social justice in teacher evals crosses line
John Peterson, an economics and U.S. history teacher at Denver’s East High School, says “social justice” is too subjective to be used as part of a teacher’s evaluation.
Many public school parents would be upset to see their child’s liberal teacher rewarding students for participating in an Occupy Denver encampment. Others would be incensed to see a conservative teacher push student involvement in a Tea Party rally.
Denver Public Schools students participate in a rally in this 2011 EdNews photo.Neither type of activism would be appropriate. Yet Denver Public Schools has added vague and political language
Many public school parents would be upset to see their child’s liberal teacher rewarding students for participating in an Occupy Denver encampment. Others would be incensed to see a conservative teacher push student involvement in a Tea Party rally.
Denver Public Schools students participate in a rally in this 2011 EdNews photo.