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Thursday, July 19, 2012

School Tech Connect: Popping Out The Rivets In Chicago

School Tech Connect: Popping Out The Rivets In Chicago:


Popping Out The Rivets In Chicago

Rahm is destroying the schools. That's all there is to it. The new de facto ed policy in Chicago is set parents against teachers and against each other, and to fan the fire kindled by segregation. The whole message is get your kids away from those other kids who are so problematic.

They don't do these things in the suburbs or downstate. People have neighborhood schools. Everyone attends them. There's this quaint idea that we're all in this together. In the city, we pop out the rivets that hold