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There
is nothing more tragic than a child
losing the opportunity of realizing
potential. Psychologists note that very few persons ever reach
the stage of self-actualization. A quote attributed to Henry David Thoreau haunts
us.
The first part of the quote is often related; “Most
men lead lives of quiet desperation . .
.” However, it is the second, less
often voiced, part of the quote that
really hits home, “and (they) go to
the grave with the song still in them.”
We
believe it is this quiet desperation of
lost expression that becomes the
sickness or empty legacy that we, all
too often, pass along to our children.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Self-actualization is directly proportional to the
capacity in which one is opportune to
express the individualized song that he
or she is born to sing.
Our goal is equity in
education – an education that advances the realization
that every human being contributes to the well-being of
society. No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) adopts 21st century
learning skills and cross-domain collaboration as a
foundation for team and diversity appreciation. It is not serendipitous that successful
implementation of NCLB requires that the implementers of
NCLB adopt the precepts of 21st century
collaboration. We
must build bridges across governmental, civic and enterprise
divides. A
cultural revolution is in play. As educators, we are charged to move our national
population from a world rooted in industrialization to a
world rooted in information. How we choose to use information is
our challenge.
School Readiness Group chooses to use data-driven information to advance
the educational health and welfare of our youngest. Our common future is vested in our uncommon children.
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