Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A 'Mussolini' for the schools?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A 'Mussolini' for the schools?:

A 'Mussolini' for the schools?

Take your pick. Mussolini, Ivan the Terrible, or Rahm. 

An editorial in Friday's Trib calls on CPS to put a turnaround expert at the top of the school system, with "Mussolini-like powers to execute and implement."



Two things -- First, it's probably not workable. Don't we already have an autocrat running the schools? Rahm may not be a turnaround expert, but he is the Little Emperor. Does the Trib board want another dictator under the mayor? Who would dictate to whom?

Secondly, who was it on the editorial board that thought the Mussolini reference was a good idea? I mean, did one of the board members actually say: "Hey, I've got a great idea. Let's recommend that the schools be run by someone like Hitler. No...that might be pushing it a bit. How about Mussolini?"



They could have just said, "You know. We really need an education czar," and no Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A 'Mussolini' for the schools?: