Great stuff

"Caring is a prerequisite to achievement.
Promoting achievement is the ultimate form of caring."

Quoted from TMAO remarking on Dan Meyer's education blog -- two lines that really sum up how I feel about urban education at this point. There is nothing more important in the classroom than giving students the tools to succeed academically and personally in life. Yes, urban kids face unbelievable obstacles, but none of these obstacles are insurmountable. And because the kids in Anacostia have half the advantages of the kids living in Georgetown, our schools should be helping them twice as much. Caring about these kids means making high expectations and high achievement the number one priority.