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Dear Mr. President,
I have been reading an excellent book titled, “Letters to the Next President” by Carl Glickman.  In this book, teachers, administrators, and parents from around the nation write letters to you expressing their belief in education and asking for assistance.  This gave me the idea that maybe I, too, should write a letter [...]

“Who’s job is it?  Who is responsible for ensuring that our food is safe?  Who’s job is it to protect us?”  These are just a few of the questions that I asked of my students as we discussed the growing concern over food safety.  One of the topics that my students and I discuss in [...]

  
One of the elements of the Empowering Urban Youth program is youth outreach/community service.  This notion of engaging in community service is an essential element in parochial schools, but should it also be a requirement for public schools?  With President Obama’s new initiative of college grant money in exchange for community service hours, should the [...]