Education reforms must address basic social needs (Viewpoint)
Published: Monday, January 02, 2012, 7:00 AM
These three-year-olds attend an early childhood programs in New Orleans that includes social service programs and educational opportunities for parents.The recent articles regarding school reform and dramatic changes in our public school education have prompted this letter. It appears the reform issues leave out the most important and basic needs: social supports and financial supports to improve working conditions for teachers.
The woes of public education could be addressed by a dramatic shift in redirecting dollars to social supports. Many people involved in education reform obviously have not spent a lot of time in the classrooms, hallways and cafeterias of our public schools