Business Leaders Must Do Much More Than Lament the Educational Crisis in America
Flanigan and all other critics of the public schools must remember that schools are a reflection of society. As long as we seek instant gratification and instant wealth, there will be a problem with education. Generations laughed at the Protestant work ethic, and now we have a generation that values neither work nor ethics. When this changes, education will improve.
IRENE WILLINGHAM
Sun Valley
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