Voices

Tying federal dollars to the test results of special education students is reckless and will not improve learning. “It puts our most vulnerable students in the crosshairs of political brinkmanship.”

If breaking a key tenet of a school’s charter is allowed in the name of raising high stakes test scores, then the charter school movement is dead. Public charter schools have been assimilated into the regular public school system Borg.

Add play time, field trips, parties, technology and documentaries to the curriculum.

Democratic candidates are focused on the prosperity of children and their education, families, businesses and communities.

Not only are families and students able to choose the schools that work best for them, but kids are accessing individual courses and programs within and beyond the schools that help them maximize their educational potential. It also provides new pathways for increased numbers of students to leave high school ready for college or well-paying jobs.

Committee co-chairs hire lawyers, at a budget-blowing price, after our very competent Attorney General’s Office had already studied case law and offered advice.

My hope is that our task force efforts do not become just another failed initiative but can transcend the politics of the moment.

Thinking, and learning to think, were time consuming, sometimes boring and often downright unpleasant, especially the learning-to-think part. We were expected to have strong bodies and even stronger minds.