Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend

Last Stand for Children First: In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend:

In Kim Jung Il Education Reform Has Lost a Friend

by Last Stand for Children

In our country, we pride ourselves on our meager attempts to bring common core standards to the American education system.  In North Korea, 10,000 school girls will cry for 48 hours in tribute to their fallen leader.  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il was a despot, but the education reform movement owes a great deal of thanks to North Korea's enigmatic little leader.

When Mayor Bloomberg in New York announces that he would like to fire half the city's teachers and double class size or when Mayor Emanuel in Chicago closes down those schools that have displeased him, I can't help, but see a little bit of beloved leader there.  Like him or not, Kim was the master of doing things his own way