Many people believe that American schools are failing, but there鈥檚 very little consensus on why 鈥� or how to fix the problem.
Enter author, attorney and , who says an entirely new approach is needed. He spoke with KUNC鈥檚 Erin O鈥橳oole while on a tour of 19 states, meeting with groups of educators and business leaders about the essential relationship between schools and their communities.
Vollmer says the problem begins with a severely outdated educational model that Thomas Jefferson developed more than 200 years ago.
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Jamie Vollmer is the author of Schools Cannot Do it Alone and . He鈥檚 meeting with educators from Greeley-Evans District 6 Wednesday morning; then hosts a and business leaders at a noon luncheon at Greeley鈥檚 Island Grove Events Center.
