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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 [...]

On Thursday, I took a brief hiatus from school to drive to Columbus, OH to spend the day lobbying.  This trip was part of an invitation from the Humane Society of the United States (www.hsus.org), to participate in an outreach initiative in Ohio.  The timing couldn’t have been better.  First of all, this week 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 [...]