NATIONAL RED FLAG FOR EDUCATION DAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

To provide an easy no travel way to communicate education issues and priorities to all, I am sponsoring the day above. Wear red on that day to show support for education and dress up your red with at least 2 red flags or ribbons. On one side of the flag in few words, list your education issue and on the other your suggested solution. At the end of the day send one to President Obama and one to the governor of your state. Can you imagine the impact if they receive thousands or even millions of red flags?

At the same time, I'll blog about some education issue almost daily and ask you to help me get a dialogue going.

Thanks for your help!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Welcome

Welcome to the first blog I've ever written.  I haven't read many either, so please be patient with someone outside of her comfort zone.  Most of what I write will be my opinions usually supported by some research and what I've heard and seen.  I'm writing because I'm very concerned about what is or maybe isn't going on in education today.  I'm not blogging for personal gain but because as a grandmother I want my grandchildren to experience the best we have to offer in the way of education.

Not only am I going to post to this blog nearly every day for the next two months and I have a plan of action to try to bring some attention to the problems education is facing.  My goal is to have a large percentage of our population participate in a National Red Flag for Education Day on January 10, 2012 by wearing something red and attaching to it two or more "flags".  On one side of the flag write a problem with education in a few words and on the other your favorite solution.  After wearing them all day, send one to President Obama and the other to your state governor.  If we can get a large number of these "flags" out to them, it should become clear that we need to put more of a priority on education.  It does not require as much as attending a rally in Washington or your state capitol and if we can get a very large number of people to participate may be even more effective.  Of course, to be successful in this there will be snail mail letters going out to many of the organizations involved in any way with education (and that's a lot of letters) to ask for their support.

There's a second reason to blog as well.  We need a dialogue in the U.S. about education, what is right with it, and what is wrong with it and what are the solutions available.  I hope that many of you will respond with your ideas and maybe we can get a discussion going.

My first blog for a dialogue will be tomorrow and will begin with the problem of the day, Post High School Education:  Are Students Getting The Training They Need at a Cost They Can Afford?  It will also have many of the topics that I will cover with your input in the next nine weeks.

Thanks for listening.  Hope you'll come back tomorrow and bring your friends.
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