Reduce the Number of Children Not in School

by Darrell Rud, President, World Education Forum in the United States

It is my hope that you are having your most successful year yet in leading the schools, districts, and entire learning communities in your beautiful state. My formal professional educator career spanned more than 4 decades so I "sort of" understand your increasingly complex and important roles and I applaud you for taking on these challenging opportunities for leadership.

I come to you at this time not to intentionally give you extra burdens but to provide you with some important information and an opportunity for advocacy and assisting in the finding and educating an additional estimated 29,629 Wisconsin children between the ages of 5-17! This data, generated by the American Community Survey, represents the number of children in this age range who are not enrolled in any type of school in your state as of 2016 (the latest year surveyed)!

So what can you do with increasingly full plates?

Assist your Executive Director Jim Lynch who volunteered to be our World Education Forum in the United States (WEF-US) Ambassador for your state;
Check out our website and contribute to social media sites; (see information below about connecting);
Share the information and encourage friends/colleagues to support WEFUSA;
Become active in your state organization and other organizations that advocate for children;
Share your message at meetings, with groups and friends;
Talk with political leaders and share this information:

Ask them to raise this question and insist on ways to reduce the number of children not in school

Help us find some influential people who would:

Write a testimonial in support of this mission;
Donate funds so we can be more effective in our action;

Share ideas that are working in your area.

The task seems immense but as the legendary "starfish story" goes perhaps you, while working with Jim and your colleagues, can save (find and educate) one student at a time!

THANKS for your service to the children of Wisconsin and our nation!

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Darrell Rud is a semi-retired professional educator and educational consultant. His 40+ year career began as an elementary teacher in the state of North Dakota! Subsequently, he served as a Middle School teacher, a High School teacher, a School Counselor, a coach and as an Elementary/Middle School Principal in that state. After moving to the state of Montana, where he served as an Elementary Principal, he was elected President of NAESP. In 2002, he assumed the position as Executive Director of the umbrella administrator organization, the School Administrators of Montana, a position he held until retiring in 2012. He began working with the Global World Education Forum in 2011 and was concurrently involved in the formation of the non-profit, tax-exempt foundation, the World Education Forum in the United States (WEF-US). He currently serves as President of the Foundation.