Standing for critical thinking and progress
by TERRELL HEICK
Ateachtght, we have always focused on promotion Critical thinking Cross for use in ‘human’ applications, namely people (that is, interested parties of education) and places (that is, communities).
Our mission has been apolitical by design, focused on improving human thinking, education and potential without aligning with political idologies or factions.
However, the events recently in the United States have made the trailing completely apolitic a luxury that we can no longer pay.
The idea of liberalism in education
This leads us to the idea of liberalism.
To be clear, ‘liberalism’, it is not ‘the Democratic Party, since we use the term. Rather, it is intended for philosophical and apolitical meaning: a commitment to reason, freedom, equality, diversity and belief in the potential of progress.
Liberalism, in this sense, prioritizes open mentality and dialogue of values, research and self -determination, all inherently central to education itself.
Education seeks to empower people, allowing them to think critically, embrace learning and improve themselves and their communities.
These are liberal Ideal– In a partisan context but as fundamental intellectual principles for knowledge, democracy and justice.
Why take a ‘posture’ at all?
It is impossible to defend critical thinking while remaining silent about efforts to suppress individual thinking, reduce diversity, dismantle critical federal departments and resist the progress that education aims to maintain.
Current circumstances require resistance to policies that under civil freedoms, challenge inclination and threaten the foundations of education itself.
A call for critical thinking
I/We oppose the measures that restrict research, decrease diversity and commit the integrity of education.
As an organization, we strive to promote and advocate for:
Critical thinking: The ability to question, analyze and synthesize knowledge in the face of growing erroneous information and partisanship.
Diversity (Cultural and intellectual): A recognition that includes learning, creativity and community understanding.
That thesis ideas were controversial could talk about the need for them to be defended and supported.
In increasingly technological and socially fractured advanced times, the role of critical thinking is, critical.
Problems such as the misuse of social networks, politicized partisanship and increasing support for public education require a response rooted in rationality, evidence and human values.
Our position
While we are still an organization focused on education, our commitment to critical thinking calls us to speak against the conditions that erode trust, inclination and progress.
From the deliberate fabric of federal institutions to decisions that limit diversity and suppress access to opportunities, we firmly remain against such measures.
The current administration policies in the United States represent a particularly urgent threat to these essential values, and I am personally obliged to oppose them as part of a broader defense for education and the informed rational discourse.
Regardless of the circumstance or context, our goal will emphasize power, and need, or critical thinking to navigate the challenges of our time maintaining respect for various voices, experiences and beliefs.
TERRELL HEICK
Director, Teachthotht
