Chess teaches children many of the critical thinking skills necessary to succeed in an information economy. So let's bring chess to Chicago's Title I schools. (Generally, at least 40% of students in Title I schools come from low-income families.) Schools that can afford to pay service providers will of course be able to continue their current relationships.
Personal reflection: when I was a teenager, my family lived in public housing in an Appalachian coal mining town. I wound up getting a scholarship to MIT. Would this have happened without chess? My decades-belated thanks to Mr. Reed, Mr. Dombrowski, Mr. Meyers, and many others in Shamokin, Pennsylvania: debts like this can only be paid forward.
Personal reflection: when I was a teenager, my family lived in public housing in an Appalachian coal mining town. I wound up getting a scholarship to MIT. Would this have happened without chess? My decades-belated thanks to Mr. Reed, Mr. Dombrowski, Mr. Meyers, and many others in Shamokin, Pennsylvania: debts like this can only be paid forward.
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