HOLIDAY WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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| A teenage boy grieves next to a makeshift memorial on July 6, at the site where Ashley Hardmon was shot and killed on July 2nd, in Chicago. The mayor’s office did not respond to requests for comment Sunday. |
Chicago's Killing Field
This year’s Independence Day celebration, for many Chicagoans a four-day respite in the land of the free, was for others an ordeal in a killing field. -- Sun-TimesArne Duncan
Honestly, I am getting tired of good news-bad news stories in education. And I am getting impatient with talking about “islands of educational excellence...”