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Posted on June 30, 2010 by June

God, how I love the morning! Especially this morning. Coffee, a perfectly ripe nectarine, a grilled Brie sandwich, oh, and some unbuttered green beans (to signify my good diet intentions for the day). I also hold good intentions to create a post on a daily basis, which I find is not that easy, given the interruptions of “ordinary life”. Hey, I’m retired, right? So, a posting I will go. I saw a face on Morning Joe this A.M. that contributed to this exhilaration. It was the face of a man who radiated his passion for a dramatically successful charter school program in Harlem.

The program utilizes year round schooling, something I have long advocated. Everyone agrees we have to do something to make our schools more competitive with the rest of the world, and maybe this program should be studied in depth for patterns of success. The program is identified as the Harlem Children’s Zone and it is led by Geoff Canada. We cannot look away from the deficiencies of our school systems, especially now when our children must compete in an increasingly global environment.