Goal 2 "Diversity and Democracy"

As people who value difference in human interactions, ideas and nature; who understand that identity is shaped by diversity, experiences, and environment; and who recognize that we must all work together to build a more just society, teachers create learning environments based on democratic principles which ensure that multiple perspectives are valued and considered, and which encourage students to speak from their own diverse experiences, to give value to those expressions, to explore their own diversity, and to bring those experiences to the broader community.