Save the economy: bail out our kids

We are at a defining moment in American history. How we as a nation respond will determine whether it’s the "fall of the Roman Empire" or the emergence of the New America.

Yet, absent from the fever-pitched national discussion is the one subject that will determine our nation’s fate: the educational progress of low-income children.

By Rick Dalton

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1226/p09s01-coop.html