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Monday, April 22, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES:


WEEKEND QUOTABLES

U.S. Reps Bobby Rush and Danny Davis conducted hearings Saturday, on Chicago school closings
Congressman  Bobby Rush
"There is no way that you’re going to heal these neighborhoods. If it was just Henson [Elementary in Englewood]…but you're talking about 53 schools...all at the same time. It is unheard of in the history of this state." -- DNAInfo
Matt Farmer
Chicago’s school “reform” efforts have always worked best on other people’s children. --Washington Post 
At the hearings (DNAInfo)
Ald. Robert Fioretti

"It has pitted neighbor against neighbor and community against community, having a severe psychological effect," People wonder, "What did my teachers do wrong? What did my principals