What happened in the Seattle Public Schools stands as a cautionary tale of how good progressive intentions can go terribly wrong, and as a microcosm of how the national turn in some of the country’s most educated and economically successful blue jurisdictions over the last decade away from a focus on accountability and academic achievement in schools has turned into an extended exercise in self-sabotage.
Our national politics since 2000 have been marked by close elections, a closely divided Congress, bitter partisan battles, with neither party able to gain a sustainable majority of public support.
After he, by “the luck of the draw,” had won “the gay marriage case,” he joked that maybe a one-decade continuance might be appropriate to create an opportunity for “a consensus to emerge.” Instead, he learned the case was on a fast track.
With New York City a global media hub, the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath were arguably the most photographed, filmed, and written-about tragedy of modern times. Thus the museum is able to replay the day almost minute by minute.
