tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post9103228528213041526..comments2023-04-24T23:09:57.655-04:00Comments on All Things Education: School "Reform" in DC: Is the Problem Choice or What Compels Families to Choose?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836584065506164163.post-88116430262133673162011-12-06T12:32:26.865-05:002011-12-06T12:32:26.865-05:00"I have watched over thirty years while deter..."I have watched over thirty years while determined parents tried to make their neighborhood schools better--and were mostly rebuffed or ignored." This is a statement of what I lived with and all these years later am driven by. The single biggest problem we face in this country, on multiple issues, is the failure to listen to the people.<br /><br />So we should see that a system that ignores the people they are to serve is a broken system. Those that keep claiming there is no problem other than poverty are continuing to feed the infighting that is destructive to real school/community/systemic improvement....can't MAKE people listen. That's why attitudes must change first.<br /><br />http://supportingpubliceducation.yolasite.comVictoria M. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379851983405254363noreply@blogger.com