America is blessed with an abundance of talent, resources, and social standing yet our education system always seems behind other industrial nations. Why is that? We are constantly telling one another to focus on the future; that our future is strong, that it will be better. How can it be better when our children, who are tomorrow’s adults, our future, are dropping out of school at a rate of 1 every 26 seconds?
Why is it that we increase funding for the military, jails, drug and alcohol treatments; all the while we continue to cut the education budget? Kids who are losing interest in school are the ones ending up drinking, abusing others and ending up in jail . We, as a country have the highest inmate population in the world. Why is that we are o.k with spending millions upon millions of dollars on treatments, we could very easily save ourselves few millions of dollars by focusing on preventive measures through education at an early age. Recent statistics showed that we spend on an average between $7,000-13,500 per student in the public education system, while we spend $35,000 per inmate in the jail. What’s wrong with this picture?
Being an advocate for children’s education, my investigative questioning about this deeply rooted problem soon turned into filming a documentary. I was a little hesitant at first, but I wanted to know where was the problem and how we can fix it …and fix we can, the question is…do we want to? I began shooting this documentary a couple of years ago and it is nearing completion. Click on the picture and watch the clip. Let me know your thoughts.
Why is it that we increase funding for the military, jails, drug and alcohol treatments; all the while we continue to cut the education budget? Kids who are losing interest in school are the ones ending up drinking, abusing others and ending up in jail . We, as a country have the highest inmate population in the world. Why is that we are o.k with spending millions upon millions of dollars on treatments, we could very easily save ourselves few millions of dollars by focusing on preventive measures through education at an early age. Recent statistics showed that we spend on an average between $7,000-13,500 per student in the public education system, while we spend $35,000 per inmate in the jail. What’s wrong with this picture?
Being an advocate for children’s education, my investigative questioning about this deeply rooted problem soon turned into filming a documentary. I was a little hesitant at first, but I wanted to know where was the problem and how we can fix it …and fix we can, the question is…do we want to? I began shooting this documentary a couple of years ago and it is nearing completion. Click on the picture and watch the clip. Let me know your thoughts.
Dr. Katherine E. Bihr, ED.D. join our gang. We just concluded the filming, we actually did the original filming last month, but for some reason the tape was bad, so we had to re-do it again. Kathy spoke about her difficulties as a kid in school because she was shy. She explained how she would make excuses to avoid going to school and how she overcame all those obstacles, learned to be comfortable in her own skin and take risks. Kathy shared some insight on ways to be successful and she came to be the Vice President of The Tiger Woods Learning Center. She also talks about the importance of exploring different methods of education. Kathy’s intriguing video will be uploaded soon. Be sure to look out for it. 
is dedicated to reducing the high school dropout rates in this country and as part of their alliance we are proud to expand on their work.
Tony Maiden- known as the guitarist and singer for 
Gabby Maiden
rviewing not one, but two mentors-the world famous ballerina/master ballet instructor Nadezhda(Nadya) Koscuik and her dancer/choreographer husband Golden Koscuik at their 
full interview on this exciting couple, so you can find out about Nadya’s book, Golden’s “other” career that helped finance his dance training, how they are making an enormous impact by giving back to the community, and much more. 
outh towards success, that as soon as I asked him if he would be interested in joining my gang, he said “YES.” He also has his own non profit organization dedicated to helping kids. 
day in history where you will always remember where you were, when it happened. The inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America. America stands for possibilities! You don’t have to look far to see the truth in that. Only a day after the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, Obama fulfilled a dream of a lifetime. 
Starting 2009 with a bang in every sense of the word, it has been a tradition to start most New Years with my family in Sydney Australia…part of an old Armenian tradition is that we exchange presents after midnight…I have travelled most part of the world and have seen incredible fireworks but Sydney, especially for the New Year celebrations, always seems to out blast all others and this year, Sydney totally outdid itself. The harbour bridge burst into a 
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