In the recent op-ed “A Major League Education for All” published in the Topeka Capital-Journal, College For Every Student President and CEO Rick Dalton teams up with his son Erick Dalton, director of advance scouting for the Washington Nationals, to discuss how to address the nation’s biggest problem in education — the widening gap between low-income and high-income students. Father and son agree: “While most of us can’t hit a 95-mph fastball, we can help youth develop grit, resiliency and other qualities that great athletes possess and that can be fostered in every student.” Read the whole op-ed at: http://bit.ly/2oZfTZx
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