S2E331: Why We Don't Say the Pledge: Keeping Politics Out of Education

Education should be about unlocking potential, not enforcing ideology. In other words, education is non-partisan. To be non-partisan means to present information and make decisions based on merit and shared values. For example, here is our shared value system that drives everything our schools do:Kids are limitless, and school should be the place that unleashes their potential.Kids should love going to school.Kids don’t have to sit in a seat for six hours to master academics. They can learn twice as much in two.School is where kids should be building critical life skills like financial literacy, public speaking, entrepreneurship, socialization, and grit.And while the families at Alpha Schools come from varying political, religious, and cultural background, these education-related shared values bring everyone together. We don't tell families or kids what to think; we give them the tools to think for themselves. This is how we build high-agency, limitless kids in a world designed for compliance.