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Marc Sims Host Just A Few Questions Marc Sims was born, raised, and resides in the city of Chicago Illinois. https://open.spotify.com/show/3OvsD9A8ESUfKS20UMTHyV marcsimschicago@gmail.com

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Raise The Political Intellect Of The Masses





Millions of the citizens in the USA are just regular people.  We are miseducated, ill-informed, misinformed, not well read, and not well traveled.   The 2016 presidential election was another point of proof. 

Millions of American citizens don’t vote in every election, and those that do vote are usually provided status quo choices.   America’s supper rich and the elite play a political game that keeps the middle class, working class, and the poor in their place.

We “lower class” Americans would be wise to support any politician who advocates for;
  •          Universal Medicare and Medicaid for all Americans that want it.
  •         A high quality preschool, primary and secondary education for every American child and teen.
  •        Free or very low cost college education, or any other post secondary education or training programs.
  •        A guaranteed basic income for every unemployed or underemployed citizen of the United States of America.


These goals could be advanced by raising the political intellect of the masses of Americans.  Average American can be informed and inspired by organized high tech and low tech town halls, social media posts, internet videos, radio shows, and television programs.  

Meet people were they are, but don’t leave them where they are, raise their political intellect.

Marc Sims
Chicago


Why We’ll Need a Universal Basic Income ROBERT B. REICH

After Trump's Victory, Lifelong Democrat Reflects On Why She Supported Him

Why One Man Didn't Vote for President: 'Nothing Really Changes'

Hopeless people don’t vote.

Tony Benn
British Politician
Interview with Michael Moore in the Movie Sicko (2007)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNJUc3lfQM&feature=related

Sunday, October 16, 2016

All Children In Chicago Reading At Proficiency By The 3rd Grade.




                  Curtis Elementary School 32 E 115TH St Chicago, IL.
             Marc Sims attended Curtis (1976-77) when it was used as a satellite location for Fenger High School Freshmen.


Marc Sims
marcsimschicago@gmail.com




Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City Hall
121 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602


Mayor Emanuel:

How much money dose the City of Chicago need every year to ensure that every CPS student can at the least, read and write at grade level?

Please think about this.  Please stop the crime!

Thank you.

Marc Sims

PS

We’re going to make sure all children are reading at proficiency by the 3rd grade. 
That would have huge ramifications, because kids who are reading at proficiency by third grade are much less likely to drop out of school, much more likely to go to college, and it’s a lot easier to teach a child to read in the third grade than the ninth or tenth grade.

Pedro Noguera, professor of education at UCLA and director of the Center for the Study of School Transformation
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/12/08/will-nclb-update-help-underserved-students

The dirty little secret about education writ large, relative performance though out life tends to be remarkably static.
3rd grade reading level is a strong predictor of college completion. Relative performance though out life tends to be remarkably static.

Fredrik deBoer
Brooklyn College of CUNY, Academic Affairs, Academic Assessment
User-Created Clip By Marc Sims
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4616997/schools-college