Commentary: Sequestration And Our Children

Susan Uchitelle — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:30:00 +0000

All of us should be greatly concerned that the continuation of the Sequestration will have an extremely negative impact on the future of our schools and our school age children. It adversely impacts education in many ways

Commentary: Schools, Children and Poverty

Susan Uchitelle — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:33:00 +0000

The St. Louis Post Dispatch recently published an article by Mr. Krehmeyer reporting on the link between poverty and lack of school success. It indicated that with various actions we can do a lot to improve school results in poverty areas. I think that thought has merit. I commend what the author, Chris Krehmeyer, has to say. However in my mind the real issue is “do we really want to erase poverty and do we have the will to truly turn around failing school systems and help children out of poverty?” I ask because I have heard the words so many times.