Great Regulars: The architects of "No Child Left Behind"

have no clue about kids like me, or the ones who wrote the following poems. Maybe they don't care, which is even scarier. Now public school budgets are being slashed, and a teacher's worth is being belittled.

For the three kids who wrote these poems, and thousands like them, public schools are a refuge. Kids are not a number. Kids are not a statistic. They're not a test score. Children are young, developing human beings as different as snowflakes. Teachers are trying to educate them the best they possibly can. Art helps.

from Terry Wooten: Traverse City Record-Eagle: Lifelines: Thinking creatively again

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