Local mothers put their money where their ideas are
Moms are a fierce bunch. And nothing stands in the way of a mom with great idea. For the Smart Issue, we tracked down a couple of local moms-turned-entrepreneurs who talked about their inspirations and emerging products. It’s moms helping moms and encouraging independence in kids—and there is nothing smarter than that.
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August 2010
Reforming our nation’s education laws is key for progress and prosperity
After almost 10 years, it’s finally time to fix “No Child Left Behind,” the main federal education policy. In the coming months, we have a historic opportunity to overhaul our federal education law by building on the progress made and addressing its serious flaws. I strongly believe that education is an issue on which we can and must rise above ideology and politics. No one can argue—from the left or the right—that we can strengthen America’s economy and democracy without an educated citizenry and workforce.
Education is the key to prosperity and progress, both for individuals and for our nation. Yet we are clearly losing ground to other countries and our competitiveness is threatened by the weaknesses of our education system including erratic quality, unsafe schools and the difficulty of affording college. If we are to meet the president’s goal to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, then we must act now, with a sense of urgency.
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August 2010
TOOLS
Both public and private schools are investing in specific tools to make kids ready for the real world. It’s all about exploring modern technology to keep kids on the cutting edge while ensuring they understand the basics.
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August 2010
Local history buff exposes the eerie past of Erie
Dave Johnson steps inside from the 80-degree sunshine wearing the full mountain man getup: raccoon cap with tail, leather jacket with fringe, boots made from the fur of a bear, which Johnson claims he killed himself (with a wink, of course), and a musket the size of a pitchfork.
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August 2010
Can restorative justice change the way kids communicate and deal with conflict?
Outside, a thunderstorm is looming, clouds are growing wild and wooly over the Front Range, and lightening flickers in the distance. Inside a gently worn historic-home-turned-peacenik-refuge on Longmont’s Terry Street, Deb Witzel’s energy is also growing electric. The executive director of Teaching Peace, a local nonprofit whose motto is “waging peace with restorative community justice,” is in the midst of discussing her pet project: infiltrating local schools with a new way of working with trouble-makers and rabble-rousers as well as kids who make mistakes and the students they affront.
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August 2010
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