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Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 23 2017 If children are the future, public education nourishes hope. It’s the great social equalizer, because it identifies and rewards each child’s potential and ambition. Or it was circa 1970. Today, Florida’s schools destroy hope teacher by teacher. Their recent loss: my 30-year-old daughter. Most Americans (75 […]

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Somewhere along the way, “funding for education” became synonymous with “giving money to other people.” Public education became a charity, a thing we do for those poor kids who can’t otherwise afford school. Somewhere along the way, we forgot how important a strong public education system is to the future of America. We treat public […]

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