Duncan: Former Aide Leaves Over Magnet Mess This Week In Education

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Duncan: Former Aide Leaves Over Magnet Mess

by Alexander Russo

Many mainstream news outlets continue to ignore the story but bad news continues to come out of Chicago about the convoluted and clout-vulnerable magnet school process that Duncan failed to do much of anything clean up while he was head of the school system there. Over the weekend, Duncan's right-hand man, David Pickens, resigned/ was fired, and more politically-connected names are coming out on a list of VIPs who attempted to get kids bumped to the head of the line for a handful of coveted Chicago schools. meanwhie, Mayor Daley can't

Unions: Weingarten Zings Back On HBO Comedy Show

"Removing Thomas Jefferson is like writing Moses out of the Bible."

- Randi Weingarten, referring to Texas changing school books, on Bill Maher's HBO show Friday evening. Click below to watch the segment online.