http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3534 Dale Westrick Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:47:34 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3534 I think along with the Kalamazoo promise another thing that would really help. Greatly encourage students all the way from K-12 grades to understand why education is necessary. We seem to emphasize the money factor for our own satifaction. I thing more important they should know we are all a part of this society and anything they can do to help a fellow student will benifit the society we all live in. I think along with the Kalamazoo promise another thing that would really help. Greatly encourage students all the way from K-12 grades to understand why education is necessary. We seem to emphasize the money factor for our own satifaction. I thing more important they should know we are all a part of this society and anything they can do to help a fellow student will benifit the society we all live in.

]]> http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3533 Dale Westrick Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:46:36 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3533 I think along with the Kalamazoo promise another thing that would really help. Greatly encourage students all the way from K-12 grades to understand why education is necessary. We seem to emphasize the money factor for our own satifaction. I thing more important they should know we are all a part of this society and anything they can do to help a fellow student will benifit the society we all live. I think along with the Kalamazoo promise another thing that would really help. Greatly encourage students all the way from K-12 grades to understand why education is necessary. We seem to emphasize the money factor for our own satifaction. I thing more important they should know we are all a part of this society and anything they can do to help a fellow student will benifit the society we all live.

]]> http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3488 Paul Andrews Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:45:44 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3488 I don't know what the founders of the Kalamazoo Promise hope to accomplish since they are unknown. But I assume they were primarily interested in providing a broader educational experience to many more children.Based on the 1st two years it has shown that it really has promise and I believe the Promize Zones legislation is a good 1st step in extending a promise to more kids. I believe we should encourage college attendance for reasons other then just that the job requires more education. The college experience helps with the quality of life in areas other than work and is a gain for all of us not just the individual(s) who get it. Kalamazoo Promise or state Promise Zones will provide help in this area. I don't know what the founders of the Kalamazoo Promise hope to accomplish since they are unknown. But I assume they were primarily interested in providing a broader educational experience to many more children.Based on the 1st two years it has shown that it really has promise and I believe the Promize Zones legislation is a good 1st step in extending a promise to more kids.
I believe we should encourage college attendance for reasons other then just that the job requires more education. The college
experience helps with the quality of life in areas other than work and is a gain for all of us not just the individual(s) who get it. Kalamazoo Promise or state Promise Zones will provide help in this area.

]]> http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3482 Fred Woodruff Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:52:15 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/building-on-the-kalamazoo-promise/#comment-3482 I think the Kalamazoo Promise program was started as a local economic development program to cause families with school age children who wanted to send their children to college to buy homes in the district. It was not thought of as a program to "create a culture of learning". We should think about a cost benefit analysis comparing this type of program with the idea proposed by Michigan Future, Inc. to use the state dollars for higher education to provide vouchers for all children. I think the Kalamazoo Promise program was started as a local economic development program to cause families with school age children who wanted to send their children to college to buy homes in the district. It was not thought of as a program to "create a culture of learning". We should think about a cost benefit analysis comparing this type of program with the idea proposed by Michigan Future, Inc. to use the state dollars for higher education to provide vouchers for all children.

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