Zitat des Tages von Chris Gabrieli:
History shows that it's not smart for states to pay more to get jobs; you just get into the race to the bottom.
I realized I didn't need to go to work every day. I could work for the pleasure and the challenge, not for the mortgage payment.
I do think that a school day that matches the work day makes a lot of difference for working families, but the big driver of this effort is education. Period. We have a lot of students not gaining the skills they need, and it is pretty clear that school does not offer enough time to get that job done.
Many expanded-time schools have generated extraordinary results. In some cases, they have completely closed the achievement gap, all while installing curricula with a richness rivaled only by elite private schools and those in the most upscale suburbs.
I do not believe you have to be an elected official to help 'change the world.' In fact, maybe it is easier from the outside.
Time is a resource, much like money or autonomy, which can be invaluable or can be squandered.
I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach - those who enforce the laws and who actually want to help you comply - and there are others who have a prosecutorial attitude.
I understand fully that jobs are created by the private sector, having been all my life in the private sector, but I don't buy the argument that the state has no role to play.
Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.
There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.