Questions

As so many Americans did on Inauguration Day, I watched with anticipation and listened eagerly to the words of our new president. I felt the motivation of his speech as he called each of us to service. Change always seems to be an ambiguous term that makes many people uncomfortable. Personally, I like the idea of change as long as it is not change solely for the sake of change. Our president suggested to us all that we are not asking the right questions about our government. As such a suggestion, I would inquire if we are asking the right questions about our students, our school districts and our educational system as a whole.

The question is does our educational system work? Are we preparing students to create their own future, or are we deciding for them what that future will be and preparing them for it. If we are the ones deciding what the future holds, then I propose it is no longer the future, but the present.

Becky Cowan
Cambridge Elections Strategist