tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post8308108779298413998..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Too poor to play? I doubt it.Mike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-35659309223348517792011-06-28T23:57:47.630-05:002011-06-28T23:57:47.630-05:00Putting in a plug for the project I currently work...Putting in a plug for the project I currently work on (funding running out, boo) -- the Summer Learning Network. On June 21, Summer Learning Day in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza brought joy to more than 800 kids in summer youth programs. And why isn't Bill Gates funding this ...?<br /><br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/BAUI1K0RD1.DTL#ixzz1QbXsAdLXCarolineSFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-81802672569733238682011-06-27T21:38:50.232-05:002011-06-27T21:38:50.232-05:00From http://notschool.blogspot.com/2005/04/foundin...From http://notschool.blogspot.com/2005/04/founding-fathers-on-public-schooling.html<br /><br />By... [selecting] the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated.<br /><br />--Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782<br /><br />I've had the privilege of watching students who were sometimes homeless succeed in challenging AP classes and go on to college. We can't let these kids fall through the cracks. Our system should make sure even those who don't have incredible internal resilience get the time, attention, and resources they need to succeed.Mr. Cantorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463333846222929768noreply@blogger.com