| Schools with grades K through 12 are
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| | education should embrace emotional
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| largely funded by property taxes, and
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| | health, physical health, as well as
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| home owners are increasingly tired of
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| | mental health skills to build character
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| paying this way for basic or higher
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| | for our children, adolescents, and young
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| education.
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| | adults.
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| Colleges and universities base their
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| | Steps to reach this more liberated view
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| funding on tuition rates, but middle
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| | of education might require new financial
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| class parents are finding it increasingly
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| | partnerships between home owners,
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| difficult to pay for the ever escalating
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| | tax-payers, governmental agencies, and
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| educational costs. Schools in poor
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| | private industry. Other steps might
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| districts are very often inferior to
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| | include finding ways to link the value of
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| schools in wealthy districts. Colleges in
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| | higher education with service to the
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| wealthy states are usually better than
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| | community, and on the job work
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| colleges in poor states.
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| | experiences.
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| Discipline problems, crime, substance
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| | A closer relationship for our children
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| abuse, violence are increasingly taking
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| | with human service organizations, and
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| their toll on teachers, students, and
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| | potential employers, would also broaden
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| parents. The quality of education is also
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| | the scope of a comprehensive education.
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| declining by significant numbers for many
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| | In addition, this new bond with the real
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| high school seniors. Lots of college
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| | community could produce better qualified
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| students are deficient in reading,
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| | employees for the business sector,
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| writing, spelling, and math skills.
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| | government services, and non-profit
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| Most frustrating of all, an undergraduate
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| | agencies.
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| education is no longer a guaranteed
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| | Reach Out For Help.
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| passport for a better standard of living.
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| | Why aren't our political leaders reaching
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| It is long overdue for the educational
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| | out more to experts in the field of
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| community to find a way to reform these
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| | social sciences, industry, medical,
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| conditions. I recommend we try using
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| | physical, and the health sciences to
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| TLP's, Five Steps to Successful Living.
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| | guide us in the pursuit of resolving our
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| Let's take a closer look at this
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| | educational crisis? Let's form study and
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| framework for social change.
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| | focus groups to begin to revamp our whole
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| Admit the Problem:
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| | approach.
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| Our educational system is in serious
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| | Our political leaders also need to work
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| trouble. We can't define who should pay
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| | more closely with parents, students, and
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| for it. The present national policy of
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| | the teachers who know the best ways to
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| "Leave No Child Behind" has many
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| | improve our educational approach.
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| weaknesses: emphasis is on proficiency
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| | Celebrate Strengths.
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| in reading, writing, and math, rather
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| | We desperately need more people who can
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| than a more comprehensive view of
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| | read, write, think creatively, and act
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| education.
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| | responsibly. We need more creative
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| What happened to social skill training,
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| | managers, compassionate leaders,
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| creativity, physical education, anger
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| | dedicated skilled workers, and altruistic
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| management, music, art, citizenship,
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| | professionals.
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| ethics, nutrition, critical thinking,
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| | We also need people from all ethnic,
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| family living, and a host of other
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| | racial, and cultural backgrounds, who
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| qualities that can help our children
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| | have values, morals, ethics, and the
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| become well rounded individuals? We must
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| | persistence to get the job done. It is
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| consider ways to educate our children's
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| | time to believe and passionately feel
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| hearts and bodies as well as their minds.
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| | that our educational system can find
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| Make a Plan:
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| | better ways to prepare our young people
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| We need consistent, integrated goals to
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| | for the challenges of the future.
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| educate the whole young person from our
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| | The very survival of our nation and our
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| neighborhoods, cities, states, and
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| | way of life will probably depend upon
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| federal government. It is time that we
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| | young, caring, bright individuals who
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| get involved in speaking out against a
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| | know how to think and feel outside of the
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| narrow and limited view of education.
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| | box.
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| Let us develop unified, national,
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| | I will continue our discussion about
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| educational policies, which define
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| | educational reform in my next article
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| performance standards based on mind,
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| | called The Dark Secret About Education
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| body, and emotional wellness. In short,
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| | Part II.
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