more than thirty letters speaks to the future of American students and the need for an educated and engaged citizenry. Top education experts, elected officials, business and community leaders, teachers, principals, students, and parents discuss the dangerous shortcomings of current state and federal policies and offer suggestions for what can be done about it.Table of Contents:Note on the 2008 Election EditionForeword: Where Do We Start to Sweep?, Bill CosbyAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Carl GlickmanPart OneSchools for AllJourney to a New Life, Rosa FernándezHelping Me to Raise My Hand, Vance RawlesCreating Schools We Can Trust, Deborah MeierIf We Had the Will to See It Happen, Asa G. Hilliard IIIGetting Our Responsibilities Right, Sophie SaIt s Past Time to Fund What We Mandate, Former U.S. Senator Jim JeffordsFinancing America s Future How Money Counts, William J. MathisWhy We Need Public Education, John I. GoodladPart TwoLearning for AllBroken Roads and the Great Mother Earth, Derrick Attakai, Evalena Joey, Britta Mitchell, Melody Riggs, & Manuel Thompson with Mark SorensenIn Struggle and Hope, Lisa DelpitNine Million Voices, Rachel TompkinsHow Our High School Makes a Difference, George WoodPutting the Arts Back in America s ABC's, Reynold LevyWhen Does $1.00 Equal $7.00?, Lilian KatzWhat They Do With the Other 73 Percent of Their Time, Louis B. CasagrandePart ThreeTeaching for AllMy Students, My School, Karen Hale HankinsTeaching Darius to Dream, Jacqueline Jordan IrvineWhy We Continue to Stay, Jane RossThe Gap Between What We Say and What We Do, Arturo PachecoRevolving Doors and Leaky Buckets, Richard IngersollPart FourStandards for AllChoking the Life Out of Classrooms, Sylvia BruniWhat My Students Need to Know, Edward C. MontgomeryThe No-Win Accountability Game, W. James PophamGoing Beyond the Slogans and Rhetoric, Pedro Noguera . . . And Equal Education for All, Jeannie Oakes & Martin LiptonA President Who Gets It, Thomas SobolPart FiveEducation for AllThe Civic Mission of Schools, U.S. Senator John Glenn & Leslie F. HergertWhat We All Want for Each of Our Children, Theodore R. SizerPostcards from America, Michelle Fine, April Burns, & María Elena TorreLearning to Come Alive, Maxine GreeneVoices Closest to the Ones We Love, Ken Rolling & Sandra HalladeyA Nation of Learners, Pam SoloCrafting Legislation, Elizabeth DeBray-PelotConclusion: Schools That Work for All Children, Linda Darling-HammondOrganizations for Parents, Educators, and ActivistsOrganizational Statement on the No Child Left Behind Act

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