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The Democratic Convention. Bull Connor at the mic. And by the way, the guy has a dream. « Fred Klonsky

The Democratic Convention. Bull Connor at the mic. And by the way, the guy has a dream. « Fred Klonsky:


The Democratic Convention. Bull Connor at the mic. And by the way, the guy has a dream.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012











If education is the Civil Rights Movement of our time, do you invite Bull Connor to the microphone?
For the past four years I’ve been listening to the Obama administration talk about education being the Civil Rights Movement of our time.
Here’s what President Obama said about education last night.
For the first time in a generation, nearly every state has answered our call to raise their standards for teaching and learning. Some of the worst schools in the country have made real gains in math and reading. Millions of students