Goofy as it sounds, I want my life to mean something. I believe that if I have a gift it is my unrelenting passion for children and unapologetic fight for a globally enviable Public Education for Every child. And while I want to be cremated in lieu of a burial when I die, I would […]
To Dr. Martin Luther King….. Read More »
I respectfully refer to Diane Ravitch as the “E.F. Hutton” of Public Education. When she talks/blogs, people stop and listen. So here are exerpts of her January speech on the Common Core State Standards. I would ask that you focus on her opening statement…”It is good to have standards. I believe in standards….”and then imagine
Like E.F. Hutton, when Diane Ravitch Talks/Blogs, People Listen! Read More »
I can’t stand and do not tolerate when someone says that people living in poverty, on welfare, on food stamps, homeless or with a barely sustaining income, choose this existence. It is insulting. It is inaccurate, and it looks at the problems on such a superficial…45 second cable newsbyte….level, that it makes me want to
Poverty is America’s Greatest Shame and Opportunity for Greatness Read More »
Folks- I am looking for every possible way to build the Michigan Alliance for Special Education Facebook page and effort….across Michigan,and even across the United States. The climate for children with special needs in Michigan and across the U.S. has not been this bad in more than forty years, Far too many legislators and Public
“Like” the Michigan Alliance for Special Education, Facebook Page; The Unvarnished Truth Read More »
From CBS News in Florida: “After 7-Year-Old Gabriel Myers’ Suicide, Fla. Bill Looks to Tighten Access to Psychiatric Drugs” The issue with children in foster care being over medicated is a national problem and is the result of a critical shortage of pediatric psychiatrists and the reality of psychotherapy not being covered by insurance. The
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