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4, 2013 As New Year’s Eve countdowns wound down, many people
turned to the familiar ritual of taking stock of where they are
now to make resolutions for what they can do better in the new
year. We all measure our accomplishments and shortcomings in
different ways. Some people count numbers on a scale or in a
savings account. But what if we decided to take stock as a
nation by measuring how we treat our children? If we did that
kind of countdown, we’d learn: Every second and a half during
the school year a public school student receives an out-of-
school suspension. Every 8 seconds during the school year a
public high school student drops out. Every 32 seconds a child
is born into poverty in America. Every 47 seconds a child is
abused or neglected. Every 72 seconds a baby is born without
health insurance. Every 5 and a half hours a child is killed by
abuse or neglect. A majority of all