Education and Politics

The more I read, the more I'm finding that it is almost impossible to separate Education and Politics.  Our pundits and legislators spend an exorbitant amount of time talking about what's wrong - but very rarely put their money where their mouths are.  Last night I discovered a website called Donors Choose (http://www.donorschoose.org/)  where teachers register for classroom projects and people can donate to them.  It is so sad that our teachers have to BEG for supplies as simple as card stock.   If we want a better world we need a better approach to education.  To achieve better education, we need to pay for it.   Education needs to move up in our priority list from soap box to action item.  If we can give subsidies to oil companies surely we can purchase paper for our kindergarteners.

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