Universal Education

Dear Neighbor:

So what do we want to see in the education of our young people, and what does an educated young person look like in Hartford, Connecticut?

Here are a few suggestions for the universal education that all 18 –year old women and men of normal intelligence should have achieved at the end of a public school education.

1.They should be reading on a twelfth –grade level. This means they should be able to read a challenging novel such as The Jungle or a selection of the Grapes of Wrath and be able to understand the underlying themes, metaphors, and intentions of the work as well at the general meanings (i.e., story and plot).

2.They should be able to write a thousand word essay explain in cogent , systematic detail any feeling or piece of knowledge that they have.

3.Every Hartford Student should be well-informed of American history that includes all residents of and immigrants to, Hartford.

4.All students by the time they receive their dipoloma , should have a flexible grasp of the use of positive and negative space in the creation of at least one type of art.

Martha Hood