Study Shows The Damage Poverty And Dysfunction Do To Children Lasts A Lifetime

Chris Engel 11/11/1212:30 AM

"This is very complex and gets at a core dysfunction of American society and culture.
"We cannot seem to understand that people are not "human do-ings," they are human "be-ings" - with minds and hearts and spirits that need to be nurtured and cared for throughout their lives.
"When you look at the "No Excuses!" education reformers and their wealthy funders - from Eva Moskowitz to Michelle Rhee to Joel Klein to Michael Bloomberg to Bill Gates - you see people who are incapable of understanding that education means more than just educating minds.
"It means ministering to the hearts and spirits too...."

The author is an educator and blogger.

http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/study-shows-damage-poverty-and.html?showComment=1352622974523

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