Stories

In 1999, when my youngest child was in the 7th grade here in our small rural township school, I was mortified to discover he had no idea how to multiply or any form of higher math. more »

Our children in Florida deserve a better and more individualized education than what they are getting because each child is different. more »

I am the first student on both sides of my parents family to attend a four year university. The fact that financial aid might be getting cut even more means this accomplishment I have worked so hard for may not be there for me to finish. more »

When tuition is a quarter to a half of what your family lives off of, and the financial aid offices unhelpful, and all the news is that tuition is raising, grants are being cut, and rent is $1000 near the college, then going to college seems, and for many IS, impossible. more »

How can we as a nation stand by and allow these things to happen? It will only get worse as more school systems are forced to buy into No Child Left Behind. more »

President Bush seems to be reversing all the major welfare progressions of the 1960s and 1970s. His massive cuts in social programs are affecting millions of working class Americans -- my family included. more »