The Corridor of Shame (Editorial)

This letter was published on November 30th, 2007 in The State newspaper:

We live in an age where all Americans are expected to be given a “minimally adequate” education in “minimally adequate” facilities. The state, however, has fallen short of these already low standards in the Corridor of Shame, along I-95, where students are expected to learn in conditions that can be at best described as horrendous.
These students are expected to learn in buildings over 100 years old with dated materials, a 33% teacher turnover rate, all the while coping with their communities’ poverty. How can this country’s future be educated with textbooks that state that, “Someday, man will land on the moon?” How can these students score well on standardized tests when they are lacking in the basics, such as reading? These are conditions that simply cannot and should not be tolerated by the state.
I call upon the citizens of this state to write their elected officials. I push the state legislators and the governor to act upon this outcry and take immediate action to put an end to these egregious conditions.
Will no child be left behind, or will this become another issue for my generation to cope with?

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