"The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points."

-- Maggie Gallagher

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“I live for art. I love entertaining people, making them smile and think. I love to know that a little piece of what they see, read or what they listen to is something that they can think about or see the world in a different way. Art is never-ending and Iâ€™d like to leave something that survives me when Iâ€™ll die.”
“Our fundamental sin is that we place ourselves in the position of God and divide the world between what we judge to be good and what we judge to be evil. And this judgment is the primary thing that keeps us from doing the central thing God created us to do, namely, love like He loves.”

Source : Gregory A. Boyd (2004). “Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God”, p.17, Baker Books
“Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.”
“Little Bird if you do not sing for me, I will wait for you”
“Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space.”
“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”
“Even in the face of continued good news, Kerry clings to his message of gloom and doom, supporting it with twisted statistics. Kerry's complaints about a middle class squeeze are out of touch with the reality that home sales hit a record high last month, college tuition increases slowed and consumer confidence is rising.”
“Who you allow into the circle of your life will make the difference in the quality of your life.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2007). “The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery”, p.210, BookBaby

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