Upper School English Teacher Publishes Blog Post for JEA's Scholastic Press Rights Committee

Upper School English teacher Kristin Taylor published a blog post titled "Teaching grit for citizenship" on the Journalism Education Association's (JEA) Scholastic Press Rights Committee website. 
Excerpt from the post:
Teachers, advisers, and administrators want to help our students. We want to give them the tools to succeed, but we also sometimes want to protect them — to shield them from harsh truths and difficult situations. If we want students to value citizenship, however, we must let them be citizens in school. Citizenship isn’t easy, and it isn’t “safe.” Citizenship means taking an active role, speaking truth to power, and taking risks. If we want them to learn to be citizens, we must resist that urge to shield and protect and instead empower them to make their own decisions and take responsibility for the outcomes.

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