Teaching is political

People frequently disagree whether or not politics belongs in teaching. I believe this disagreement results from mismatching definitions of “politics,” one of which is probably better named “partisanship.”

Politics isn’t partisanship. It isn’t which party you belong to, who you voted for yesterday, or how you feel about who won. Instead, politics is the way a society defines which people have value and which people get value. Seen through that lens, teachers are unavoidably practicing politics in their classrooms every day.

Dan Meyer - You Are Practicing Politics In Your Classroom Every Day