Change or die: Michigan's education system is failing students and taxpayers - AnnArbor.com:
"When I was a boy, I learned you had to pull up the anchor if you wanted to set sail. It seems many in Lansing never learned this lesson.
The foundation on which our schools have been built has disappeared.
Raising taxes to perpetuate the failed status quo is insanity. It is the equivalent of trying to set sail without pulling up anchor.
Today's economic crisis should provide the impetus to innovate and change.
Let's get radical
If we are to thrive and not mearly survive in this century, we must be
willing to ask: what of the impossible isn't?
How radical should we be? Here are a few examples:"
"When I was a boy, I learned you had to pull up the anchor if you wanted to set sail. It seems many in Lansing never learned this lesson.
The foundation on which our schools have been built has disappeared.
Raising taxes to perpetuate the failed status quo is insanity. It is the equivalent of trying to set sail without pulling up anchor.
Today's economic crisis should provide the impetus to innovate and change.
Let's get radical
If we are to thrive and not mearly survive in this century, we must be
willing to ask: what of the impossible isn't?
How radical should we be? Here are a few examples:"