Much has been added to the curriculum since the first schools were established. In order to keep track of the additions, Jaime Volmer developed a decade-by-decade list of all the academic, social, and health responsibilities that have been heaped upon our schools. Listen and get a better understanding of why educating our children has become so challenging.

Jamie Vollmer is president of Vollmer, Inc., a public education advocacy firm working to increase student success by raising public support for America's schools. Jamie is the author of Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Building Public Support for America's Public Schools. He is the 2010 recipient of the Learning and Liberty award presented by the National School Public Relations Association.