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Is anyone mad yet?

Is anyone mad yet?

As a former Upward Bound administrator, it is shameful that total
support for the programs — and those like it — are not being given
the credit they deserve nor the financial support to truly be successful.
It is a set-up for failure. 

The article was a good one, but once again it is a political hot bed, with the children ultimately being the pawns and political roadkill for politicians who do not know how successful these programs are. You go to these Upward Bound programs and see the strides all the Upward Bound programs attempt to make with pitiful support from the feds. It is not fair!

— David Sanders
Johns Hopkins University



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