Standing for Important Pondering and Progress
by Terrell Heick
At TeachThought, we have now all the time centered on selling essential considering cross to be used in ‘human’ purposes–particularly, individuals (i.e., training stakeholders) and locations (i.e., communities).
Our mission has been apolitical by design—centered on enhancing thought, training, and human potential with out aligning with political ideologies or factions.
Nevertheless, current occasions in the US have made remaining completely apolitical a luxurious we will now not afford.
The Thought of Liberalism in Schooling
This brings us to the concept of liberalism.
To be clear, ‘liberalism,’ is just not ‘Democratic celebration as we use the time period. Slightly, it’s meant for philosophical, apolitical which means: a dedication to cause, freedom, equality, variety, and the assumption within the potential for progress.
Liberalism, on this sense, prioritizes open-mindedness and values dialogue, inquiry, and self-determination—all inherently central to training itself.
Schooling seeks to empower people, enabling them to assume critically, embrace studying, and higher themselves and their communities.
These are liberal beliefs—not in a partisan context however as mental rules foundational to information, democracy, and justice.
Why Take A ‘Stance’ At All?
It’s not possible to champion essential considering whereas staying silent about efforts to suppress particular person thought, cut back variety, dismantle essential federal departments, and resist the very progress training goals to maintain.
The present circumstances demand resistance to insurance policies that undermine civil liberties, problem inclusivity, and threaten the foundations of training itself.
A Name for Important Pondering
I/we oppose measures that limit inquiry, diminish variety, and compromise the integrity of training.
As a corporation, we attempt to advertise and advocate for:
Important Pondering: The power to query, analyze, and synthesize information within the face of rising misinformation and partisanship.
Range (Cultural and Mental): A recognition that inclusivity enriches studying, creativity, and group understanding.
That these concepts can be in any respect controversial would possibly communicate to the necessity for them to be advocated for and supported.
In more and more technologically superior and socially fractured instances, the function of essential considering is–effectively, essential.
Points just like the misuse of social media, politicized partisanship, and dwindling help for public training require a response rooted in rationality, proof, and humane values.
Our Place
Whereas we stay a corporation centered on training, our dedication to essential considering calls us to talk towards the situations eroding belief, inclusivity, and progress.
From the deliberate weakening of federal establishments to choices that restrict variety and suppress entry to alternative, we stand firmly towards such measures.
The present administration’s insurance policies in the US symbolize a very pressing menace to those important values, and I personally am compelled to oppose them as a part of broader advocacy for training and knowledgeable, rational discourse.
Whatever the circumstance or context, our purpose will emphasize the ability–and necessity– of essential considering in navigating the challenges of our time whereas sustaining respect for various voices, experiences, and beliefs.
Terrell Heick
Director, TeachThought
