"I tell my students that I'm teaching them how to think for themselves, not what to think..."

That's the way it ought to be done.

Here, for the past 10-15 years now, it's part of the teacher's instruction to also teach what to think, and the teacher is supposed to share the ideas and values laid out in the "värdegrund"*, not just at work but also in private.

That stuff is a large part - apart from health reasons - why I'm a retired teacher (six years now, getting the "catheder-itch" something fierce some days).

*Code of ethics, but in practice it is a political straight-jacket and has nothing to do with professionalism or integrity. "Värde-" means value, "-grund" here means foundation.