I think some of us have read enough about Alaska’s flimsy education reform jabber going on at the Capitol. There’s not much hope for serious improvement for a system that sees student loans as a profit center instead of a tool to improve lives and society.
Maybe it’s time to look for a new trick. Maybe it’s time to ask why the legislature and the governor can’t make a serious commitment to something fresh. They could start with this:
The Students Go To College For Free.
This Al Jazeera TV (not available on cable in Alaska) report shows economic, personal, life-changing benefits for the people and the community. It’s not a partisan or religious thing. It’s working in Michigan. Other places are trying to put it together.
The Kalamazoo Promise is about making society a lot better. And no one has ever shown me anything wrong with that.
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