Social Justice

https://blog.ed.gov/2011/08/education-is-social-justice/

I didn't really know where to start with looking for social justice and why it's important in the classroom. I came across this blog and the title is "Education is Social Justice." The title caught my attention right away because I was only thinking of finding things that talk about what social justice is and why it's important in our classrooms; however, this blog states that education is social justice in itself and I thought it was very intriguing. It starts off with a quote from 2009 by Secretary Arne Duncan, "I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice."

The blog explains that social justice is a collective goal to protect the dignity of human beings while maintaining core pillars of equality and solidarity. I agree that if we want to protect equality and solidarity, it starts in the classroom. Us, as teachers, need to implement equality in our classrooms to make sure our kids feel safe in the environment that we are creating. School is the place where kids go to get away from their home lives because many of their home lives aren't good. Hopefully I can create a safe space in my future classroom where everyone can feel equal and free to speak as they wish or come to me with whatever is acting as a weight on their shoulders.