Standing for Essential Pondering and Progress
by Terrell Heick
At TeachThought, we’ve at all times targeted on selling essential considering cross to be used in ‘human’ purposes–particularly, folks (i.e., schooling stakeholders) and locations (i.e., communities).
Our mission has been apolitical by design—centered on bettering thought, schooling, and human potential with out aligning with political ideologies or factions.
Nonetheless, latest occasions in america have made remaining totally apolitical a luxurious we are able to now not afford.
The Concept of Liberalism in Training
This brings us to the concept of liberalism.
To be clear, ‘liberalism,’ shouldn’t be ‘Democratic occasion as we use the time period. Fairly, it’s supposed for philosophical, apolitical that means: a dedication to purpose, freedom, equality, range, 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 schooling itself.
Training seeks to empower people, enabling them to suppose critically, embrace studying, and higher themselves and their communities.
These are liberal beliefs—not in a partisan context however as mental ideas foundational to data, democracy, and justice.
Why Take A ‘Stance’ At All?
It’s unattainable to champion essential considering whereas staying silent about efforts to suppress particular person thought, cut back range, dismantle essential federal departments, and resist the very progress schooling goals to maintain.
The present circumstances demand resistance to insurance policies that undermine civil liberties, problem inclusivity, and threaten the foundations of schooling itself.
A Name for Essential Pondering
I/we oppose measures that limit inquiry, diminish range, and compromise the integrity of schooling.
As a company, we attempt to advertise and advocate for:
Essential Pondering: The power to query, analyze, and synthesize data 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 could be in any respect controversial may converse 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 assist for public schooling require a response rooted in rationality, proof, and humane values.
Our Place
Whereas we stay a company targeted on schooling, 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 selections that restrict range and suppress entry to alternative, we stand firmly towards such measures.
The present administration’s insurance policies in america symbolize a very pressing menace to those important values, and I personally am compelled to oppose them as a part of broader advocacy for schooling and knowledgeable, rational discourse.
Whatever the circumstance or context, our purpose will emphasize the facility–and necessity– of essential considering in navigating the challenges of our time whereas sustaining respect for numerous voices, experiences, and beliefs.
Terrell Heick
Director, TeachThought
Founder & Director of TeachThought
