By Adam Schaeffer
From the-more-things-change-the-more-they-don’t files, I bring you alarming claims that our nation’s school buildings are crumbling and will soon crush the educational aspirations and physical bodies of children everywhere if more …
The School Buildings Are Crumbling!!!!!!!! is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
We’re all used to hearing about the public school that is underperforming. But there are, without question, pockets of excellence throughout the country. Prince Georges County, Maryland, has one such pocket in Crossland High School—a public school with a passionate and respected principal at the helm. But it wasn’t always so. Less than a decade ago, Crossland was unsafe, underperforming, and shunned by the surrounding community. Parental involvement was low, and parents were even hostile toward school administrators and teachers. Enter Principal Charles Thomas in the fall of 2004, a … More
