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= Dear Sir or Madam﻿  =

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. ~ John F. Kennedy An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. ~Arnold Glasgow An idea is like a play. It needs a good producer and a good promoter even if it is a masterpiece. Otherwise the play may never open; or it may open but, for a lack of an audience, close after a week. Similarly, an idea will not move from the fringes to the mainstream simply because it is good; it must be skillfully marketed before it will actually shift people's perceptions and behavior. ~David Bornstein (How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas)

==//**Put your ideas into action!**// Use (and add to) the links below to gain knowledge of current news, issues and policy and to influence change by contacting persons via snailmail and email, as well as social networking sites.==

U.S. Federal Government
[|www.usa.gov]

**U.S. Department of Education**
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**National Education Association (NEA)**
[] [] (Issues and Action; includes link to Legislative Action Center) [] (Link to state affiliate - MSEA information)

**National Parent Teachers Assocation (PTA)**
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**Maryland Government**
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**Maryland Department of Education (MSDE)**
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**COMAR - Maryland Office of Secretary of State (Maryland Regulations and Statutes)**
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**Maryland State Education Association (MSEA)**
[] [] (Issues and Advocacy; includes "Contact Your Legislators")

**Maryland Parent Teachers Association**
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**Washington County Teachers Association (WCTA)**
[|www.mywcta.org]

**Washington County Board of Education (WCBOE)**
[] [] (Contact School Board Members)

**Washington County Maryland**
[] [] (Contact County Commissioners)

**Herald Mail**
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**New York Times**
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**USA Today**
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**Wallstreet Journal**
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