After decades serving in the Marine Corps and in education, I know firsthand that servant leadership and diplomacy can and should be taught. That’s why I hoped to bring 32 high school seniors from Texas to Washington, D.C., this fall for a week of engagement and learning with top U.S. government and international leaders.   Instead […] The post OPINION: A shuttered government was not the lesson I hoped my Texas students would learn on a trip to Washington, D.C.  appeared first on The Hechinger Report.