Jerry Neugarten reports on his group's proposal to bring free chess instruction to all of Chicago's Title I public schools.
Bringing the joy of creative thinking to disadvantaged children is one of the greatest things we can do as a community! Chess education will never be as popular as music education, another medium for prodigies. And if you'll permit me a bit of heresy, chess education shouldn't be as important as music education. (I rest my case.) But I know from personal experience that chess introduced me to certain new ways of thinking that are particularly important in an information economy.
Of course, Chicago will soon have a new mayor, and Chicago Public Schools will soon have a new CEO, so it's hard to say how this proposal will play out. (Did you know that the outgoing Ron Huberman is only 38 years old? He probably knows something about developing prodigies....)
Check out the endorsement letter itself: cool signatures!
Original blog entry edited to correct hyperlink errors....any remaining weird hyperlinks are deliberately obscure. :-)
Original blog entry edited to correct hyperlink errors....any remaining weird hyperlinks are deliberately obscure. :-)
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