A Plea for Education Reform for Governor Deval Patrick

[David Gill]

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It’s not just our economy that suffers from declining education standards. This is an issue that touches all parts of life. The well informed electorate that is vital to our democracy is at risk. How can we move towards the vision of Dr. King when we allow our inner city schools to fall by the wayside; when, in today’s America, half of all African Americans drop out of high school? How can we address monumental threats like global climate change while state legislators pass acts that force the teaching of politics rather than science? Where will we teach our children how to prevent HIV, AIDs, or teen pregnancy if we place limits on sex education? The negative effects of these policies take a long time to become apparent, but the decline in this country’s education that began three generations ago has finally caught up, and can be seen all around us..."

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