When Push Comes to Shove, It’s Time to Start an Education Revolution
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It's no secret that America's public education system is failing. Only three of seven public school students finish high school and many of those that actually graduate come away with a sub-par education that barely gets them to, or through, college. Our children are growing up in a technological boom but learning in a system designed for the Industrial Age. That’s a central message put forward by Dr. Steve Perry in his new work, “Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve -- Even If It Means Picking a Fight,” which turns out to be something of a clarion call for an “Education Revolution” in America. Perry is co-founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Connecticut where 100 percent of the students get accepted to college. He is also a regular education contributor on CNN. All of this has put him on the front line of the movement to improve America's Schools.