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Worst-Ever Attacks on Public Schools
- Posted by kidscantwait
- on Apr, 19, 2015
- in Blog
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I am old as dirt. I was born in 1940. Do the math. I lived through the recovery days of the Depression, World War II, the drought in the 1950’s, the Bay of Pigs crisis, Viet Nam, the assassinations of John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, 9/11. Well, you know. For 41 of […]
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Read More Texas Kids Can’t Wait by Bonnie A. Lesley
- Posted by kidscantwait
- on Oct, 14, 2012
- in About Us
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Texas Kids Can’t Wait by Bonnie A. Lesley When we were working on the Money Does Matter publication for the Equity Center two years ago, we called for political action at the local level to influence legislators’ votes in the 2011 session. Some groups were formed, but, for the most part, they operated quietly in […]
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