Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's Quotables

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Today's Quotables:

Today's Quotables

by Mike Klonsky

Diane Ravitch

 As usual, I did not pull punches. I don’t have time for that. The amazing thing is that even though everything I said contradicted the axioms of Chicago-style “reform,” I got a standing ovation from a warm and friendly crowd of civic leaders at the City Club. -- What happened when I spoke in Chicago

Letter to parents from Chicago principal asking for air-conditioning money 

“The weather is getting hotter and hotter every year and we need to make sure that our students have a classroom with a suitable temperature to learn,” the letter read in English and Spanish.