Friday, April 27, 2007
We are starting to get comments – and I have to tell you, it makes me excited to write something and have people add their thoughts to it. That’s a big, big part of what we are trying to do with ED in 08 … create a conversation.
But we’ve had a few folks suggest that we not being specific enough on our three issues. Or that we aren’t saying enough about vouchers or charters or this or that.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
We had a really great time this afternoon in Columbia, SC, at the national launch of the ED in 08 campaign.
More than 100 folks from Hopkins Elementary School – students, teachers and parents – showed up and wore ED in 08 T-shirts. It was gratifying to see these young people, because they are what this campaign is really all about. (I’ll post some pictures shortly.)
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Monday, April 23, 2007
My name is Roy Romer and I’m writing this blog because I’m worried—I mean really worried—that we’re not preparing our students for the lives they will lead and the world they are going to live in. I’m worried about the future of my own grandchildren and every youngster in this country.
My concern is that we are not doing for our students what we ought to do, which is give them the skills for college, for jobs, and for life. I’m talking about the real world and the demands they will face after high school. And believe me, those demands are getting tougher.
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