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In the president’s deliverance of the State of the Union address, it was apparent that he has placed a high value on the education of the up and coming generations in our nation. Several times throughout his speech, he mentioned his disapproval with our educational system by comparing us to our foreign competition. He vowed that we as a nation must match the educational output of top foreign powers, and will place an emphasis on educating our youth that is unprecedented. Indeed, education is the most important aspect of ensuring the future of anything, particularly a nation. The question remains, however, how will we ensure the equal opportunity for American citizen’s to educate themselves and their children when our distant and recent history has shown us that that our educational system is anything but fair?
Check out this eyebrow raising story from Ohio. Apparently, Kelley Williams-Bolar tried to give her kids a better life by sending her children to the nearby majority-White school district where her father lives — and she went to jail for it. Now her career as a teacher is in jeopardy.
I for one believe that rules that restrict people from being able to opt into any school district they like are important. And not because I think kids shouldn’t be able to go to good schools, but because I understand that public dollars are scarce and should be reserved for tax payers’ services. After all, far too many people from outside the community get publicly funded jobs and don’t live in the communities that they serve, and those monies never get back into the public coffers. Many municipalities across the country have rules that force their cops, teachers and other civil servants to live within the district. So, in short, it goes both way.
Programs like the Milwaukee Public Schools’ Chapter 220, which aims to ameliorate the impacts of segregation by reserving spots for children of color in suburban schools, are decent policy fixes for the inherent problems and inequalities attached to education. And I might get smacked by my progressive friends, but I also think school choice is a way to fix some of this as well. (Of course, the best way to stop stuff like this is to just fix public schools.)
But at the end of the day, real justice requires that the punishment fit the crime; what Williams-Bolar is facing is clearly over the top. Call on Ohio Governor John Kasich to publicly denounce her punishment and also do all he can to right this wrong.
Go here to help Williams-Bolar help…this is just silly.
I just got this interesting link to one of the blogs over at the Los Angeles Times. Apparently, Glenn Beck is fighting back against the recent ad boycott by attacking White House special adviser and Color of Change co-founder Van Jones. Color of Change has been pressing corporate sponsors to boycott Beck’s show for recent President Obama is a “racist” statements.
On today’s show Glenn Beck challenged Van Jones’ credibility and background and even said:
“Why is it that such a committed revolutionary has made it so high into the Obama administration as one of his chief advisers?” Beck asked.
Check out the link and tell me what you think!
Looks like Glenn Beck isn’t going to go down without a fight.
Foreclosures are at the center of out economic crisis. If our friends and family don’t even know where they’ll be tonight, how can they muster the strength to rebuild our society?
We need to help people stay in their homes.
Listen to Dani’s message and be a part of it: http://colorofchange.org/homes/
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