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P.L. Thomas On "Miracle" Schools or Political Sham?--Take Heed Georgia

P.L. Thomas On “Miracle” Schools or Political Sham?–Take Heed Georgia

P.L. Thomas On “Miracle” Schools or Political Sham?–Take Heed Georgia

Georgia is on the verge of approving a constitutional amendment (Amendment 1 on the November 8 Georgia ballot) that would enable the Governor’s office to go in and rescue children who are enrolled in “failing schools” across the state, that got on a list based on student performance on state mandated multiple choice tests.  The…

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the kindness school

it simply happened one day

when the teachers decided

enough was enough

all the boys with OCD

spent the day playing drums

or riding their bicycles

and the introverts sat quietly

smiling periodically in the corners

while the extroverts laughed and laughed

and soon the pleasures became many

as varied as the children themselves

until one day a child stood to proclaim

after reading Hamlet all on her own

“I say, we will have no more tests”

to which there was thunderous cheering

yes it seemed simple and obvious enough

the founding of the kindness school

with open doors and children singing