WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Dr. Martin Luther King

"A riot is the language of the unheard." ("Other America" Speech, 1968)

Here's what they call "looting"

"People who have not been eating or drinking for almost 50 hours and are already in a very poor situation," U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said in Geneva. "If they see a truck with something, or if they see a supermarket which has collapsed, they just rush to get something to eat." (Michael Shaw, Huffington)

Parents hate L.A. huge, overcrowded high schools, but...

Enabling parents to choose from mediocre options falls way short of finding more engaging teachers, making classroom life meaningful for blue-collar kids. Rebuilding the California economy necessitates fresh and inventive forms of human capital. The marketeers - from L.A. to D.C. - have yet to ask how we retool schools to impart the analytic skills and social agility that new jobs and new lifestyles already require.(Bruce Fuller, SF Gate)