No Child Left Behind: Doomed to Fail?
…Add to the mix the fact that much of the promised funding failed to materialize and many early critics insisted that No Child Left Behind was nothing more than a cynical plan to destroy American faith in public education and open the way to vouchers and school choice.
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Last month, I had the pleasure of hearing Anne Lamott speak and read from her latest book, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. That evening, she read from one of the book’s early chapters, “Wailing Wall.” In this chapter, she recounts a Sunday school class she taught to a group of rambunctious young boys […]
My latest post is up over at AntiRacistParent. My kids always give me wonderful writing fodder. They earn their keep.
“In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us — and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation. “
(Note: Since some photos of fallen U.S. soldiers are unavailable, there are duplicates.)
Courtesy of The Huffington Post
