Education Priorities
Quote of the day:
"Low-income urban students know they attend substandard, second-tier schools that lack the technology, resources and extracurricular programs commonplace in schools of more affluent communities. And yet we continue to expect these students to prioritize education when budgetary and funding inequities demonstrate that urban education is neither a local, state, or national priority."
Will Okun, Chicago high school teacher
Okun's columns (which run roughly biweekly on Nick Kristof's New York Times blog) are some of the best you'll find on teaching, urban issues, and life in general.