Democracy is not an easy subject to explain, especially to children, and it is embedded deep into our company’s culture to do it as well as we possibly can. As the Scholastic credo says:

We believe in … the democratic way of life, with basic liberties — and responsibilities — for everyone. We pledge ourselves to uphold the basic freedoms of all individuals.

As we’ve written about before, this year’s historic election gives us– and teachers and parents– the perfect opportunity to talk about concepts like democracy, freedom and what it means to be a good citizen. We’d love to hear what you’re doing with your students or kids to explore these big ideas.

There was a great piece in yesterday’s Christian Science Monitor about the inseperable link between education and an active citizenry. I think T.J. sums it up best:

Jefferson wrote: “If a nation expects it can be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”