With students joining the protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, parents and educators continue to grapple with tough questions, like whether it’s OK to miss class and where the line between civics and politics is.
CBS News Colorado spoke to teachers and parents who offered different perspectives.
“Schools are places of learning, and civic engagement is super important, not just for students, but for adults, but we need to do it in a way that allows people to have balanced viewpoints,” said Lori Gimelshteyn, who founded the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, because she says parents are the primary authority in their children’s lives.
After hundreds of teachers called out to participate in the nationwide economic strike against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, her group developed a guide for how they’d like schools to address student activism…