Today's article comes from Patrice Lewis via World Net Dailey It's time to completely re-think k-12 education in the United States. The only way that will happen is if parents demand it. When he was a child, my husband's nickname was "Sputnik." That's because he was born the day after the famous Russian satellite was successfully launched in 1957. That historical moment spurred more than just a childish moniker for a young boy. It also spurred the so-called Space Race, a "symbol of the broad ideological and political contest between two rival world powers," in the words of the National Air and Space Museum. It also spurred a change in our public education system. Concerned … [Read more...]