Politics seems to demand simple messages – slogans so simple everyone gets it and goes along with it. Such is the simplicity of “No Child Left Behind.” Who could disagree with that? No child left behind: no child allowed to fail.
But life cannot be reduced to mere slogan; nor can public education.
The premise of NCLB [...]
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Failing Schools? Blame No Child Left Behind
Posted in all politics is local, schools, tagged education, NCLB, No Child Left Behind on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Not with a bang, but a whimper
Posted in schools on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The realignment process for seven Independence schools has begun in earnest, as according to this Independence Examiner article, Victor Calahan and associates delivered petitions to the Kansas City School District’s Central office.
I see it as a necessary change to revitalize western Independence, and it is my personal hope is that the process works smoothly, and everyone [...]
Wide Open for Change
Posted in development, hca, schools, urban renewal on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For decades, the subdivision I grew up in, with its Leavittown uniformity and its blue-collar sensibility, was surrounded on three sides by trees and farmland. The small industrial park to the east of us was well-hidden by our neighbors in between, and frankly, it just wasn’t as interesting as the woods around us.
Growing up on [...]
