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...those in middle-class communities that can tap off-the-books parental money. Even some parent advocates got uneasy over the New York parents' brazenness. "The running of public schools should be the responsibility of the public through tax monies," said Lois Jean White, president of the national PTA. Other critics weren't so diplomatic. "It's not an 'extra' when you're talking about subsidizing salary for a teacher," says Jonathan Kozol, author of the 1991 book Savage Inequalities. "The moral justification of public education is being ripped apart...
...melodrama was set in Burlington, N.C., a small town about 20 miles from Greensboro, where Dorothy Hutelmyer was twice president of the PTA, her husband Joseph coached baseball and ran Seaboard Underwriters, and Lynne Cox worked as his secretary. The Hutelmyers' was "a storybook marriage," says Dorothy's lawyer Jim Walker. "He wrote poetry to her, love songs...
...that all Americans become involved in some form of civic action on a small or local level, where they can more immediately see the fruits of their participation and begin to trust in democracy's potential for success. This could be as simple as becoming a member of the PTA or speaking at a local community board meeting. Seeing democracy work on a local level would then inspire people to participate nationally. And with such increased civic participation, our country, like our Coro experiment, could finally be a community in which the true range of people's opinions and needs...
...Rosa, a maintenance technician in Elk Grove Village, is an active member of numerous community organizations, including the local A.C.L.U. and PTA. But as a heavy underdog in the race, with no political experience, he will have to stretch his "common-man" credentials...
...changed, nature hasn't got the message. With an ample supply of vigorous twentysomethings willing to handle the procreative duties, it has never relished the prospect of a population of comparatively weary middle-agers joining the parenting party. It's not for nothing that with 2 a.m. feedings, PTA meetings and after-school trips to Gymboree, our most energetic years coincide with our most fertile ones. For middle-agers, hanging around to breed too long can seem a little like hanging around to pitch too long. You may think you can still go a full nine innings, but be honest...