Should a professor bring up political veiws instead of teaching?

Get used to it folks. Indoctrination, not education, rules at our schools and colleges.

Don't expect any professors to be fired any time soon.

What's the answer?

Home schooling has helped until Common Core came along. Common Core not only dictates how teachers teach in classrooms, but also how students will be tested on SAT exams. So, to get into college, students, even home-schooled students, will have to master Common Core concepts and techniques of problem solving.

What's wrong with that?

Take a look at Common Core teaching materials and then get back to me...

Context.

We're all made up of Context. It's hard not to let it seep out.

Bringing up political beliefs is part of that context.

The issue with politics and education is that it skirts the line of indoctrination. Especially if your grades start becoming dependent on espousing what he believes.

However, a good teacher should foster debate. Science works on challenging premises. History is very open to interpretation.

If I were to say that our founding fathers were traitors to the British Crown, and committed Sedition, which resulted in an Insurgency... that would open up one hell of a debate. Notice I didn't say they were wrong, just used the legal terms of what they did from the British perspective.

So, your premise of "You're hired to teach, do not bring up a debate that ticks people off" is slightly flawed. You remember that class. It got your blood pumping. The question is whether you will be penalized for your opinions.

Not unless he is teaching World Religion.