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There has been considerable public comment and concern since the announcement of the restructuring of our elementary school Talent Development program last week, with some of the consternation resulting from the mistaken assumption that the change will result in a “dumbing down” of the curriculum and fewer opportunities for advanced students.
The first place to end poverty is in your own mindset. If you believe that you are supposed to live in an unending state of poverty and hopelessness, then that is exactly where you will continue to find yourself. It is, therefore, refreshing to witness President Barack Obama and the
Forty years ago in Wilmington, N.C., there was a serious struggle of black Americans to end racial discrimination and violence over the manner in which public schools were desegregated. The NAACP, national and local, had won a series of important Court battles in Wilmington and across America to desegregate public school systems.
It is a story that reaffirms one’s faith in humans. The Associated Press headline last month read: “Coach Donates Kidney to Player.”
As the federal and state governments are all faced with severe fiscal and budget restraints, even as the United States is currently undergoing an economic recovery, the last thing that should take place is to reduce the funding for education. At the primary, secondary and post-secondary levels, the funding for education was already grossly inadequate across the nation.