According to the principal it does but I guess you two know better than the principal.
By your standards then it would be okay to hang these:
The curriculum doesn't have to be coming up in the next few weeks for a teacher to decorate a classroom with relevant objects.
In my preschool classroom, I hung up the Alphabet WEEKS before we ever went over any letters - because I wanted the children to be familiar with the letters.
Likewise, I hung up the color words, shapes, and the Seasons of the Year before we learned them - because the children learned them better if they had been exposed to them from the beginning.
And I left the Golden Rule posted on the wall ALL YEAR LONG, even though we went over it the first day of school - because the children remembered the material better if it was left in front of them to remind them.
As a homeschool teacher, I put up the Periodic Table, the Presidents of the United States, and Timelines all year long, long before the lessons are taught - because by the time my son gets to the lesson, he's already memorized part or all of the principal elements.
The idea that the only displays that can be allowed in a classroom are those that are BEING TAUGHT RIGHT NOW is just another example of how public education is failing the public's children -
adminstrators spend their time on garbage like this - micromanaging Geography Displays to make a political statement - instead of figuring out how to TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
JMO again, this is overkill. Heck most Americans can't find Texas on a map.
very well said!
Agreed. But since this was a matter of law and not simply school policy, are you saying that you would have refused to take down the foreign flags until the curriculum demanded it?
adminstrators spend their time on garbage like this - micromanaging Geography Displays to make a political statement - instead of figuring out how to TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
I submit that the teacher is wasting the school's and the students' time on garbage like seeking ACLU counsel to find the law unconstitutional. If it's not a big deal, why is he -- literally -- making a federal case of it? Is that what you call "teaching?" Hi, Dandelion! Please don't give some weak reply about this turning into a living civics lesson.
In my preschool classroom, I hung up the Alphabet WEEKS before we ever went over any letters - because I wanted the children to be familiar with the letters.
Likewise, I hung up the color words, shapes, and the Seasons of the Year before we learned them - because the children learned them better if they had been exposed to them from the beginning.
And I left the Golden Rule posted on the wall ALL YEAR LONG, even though we went over it the first day of school - because the children remembered the material better if it was left in front of them to remind them.
As a homeschool teacher, I put up the Periodic Table, the Presidents of the United States, and Timelines all year long, long before the lessons are taught - because by the time my son gets to the lesson, he's already memorized part or all of the principal elements.
I disagree. None of the items you mention above have the socio-political component of flags of other countries, except perhaps the Golden Rule, and even that is debatable in its context. The fact that he chose to display just those two flags suggests he has an agenda that is not germane to his field of instruction at this point in the school year. The fact that you teach preschool is also a factor in your statements. Preschoolers need constant reinforcement of new ideas for them to become ingrained. By the time children reach middle school, they (should) have developed learning techniques that allow them to absorb knowledge without that constant reinforcement exposure to the idea to be learned.