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The greatest American "invention" was the public school. Yet we surely need to do some things differently. Most of all, we need to bring the children to formal school ready - and eager - to learn. Editor's note: David Lawrence Jr., president and co-chair of the Children's Movement of Florida and retired publisher of the Miami Herald, spoke in Tampa last week to a joint gathering of the Florida School Boards Association and the Florida Association of District School Superintendents.
Here are those remarks, adapted and condensed for publication.









