WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Del Valle on "tough guy" Rahm

"This whole thing about being tough—it's about personalities and demeanor, it has nothing to do with running a city," del Valle says. "What, he's tough because he swears? I don't swear to people, so I'm not tough? I'm from Humboldt Park. He's from where—Wilmette, Winnetka? I went to Tuley High, he went to what—New Trier? And Rahm's tougher than me?"--Ben Joravsky, The Reader

Joel Klein cuts $4 million deal with News Corp. 

"Now his mission is to make money out of education for News Corp. and it’s Cathie Black’s turn to educate"--SEC Watch

Klein's view of teachers

"It's easier to prosecute a capital punishment case in the US than terminate an incompetent teacher." -- BBC News.

D.C. Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson

“People think that when you are an educator you clearly aspire to a superintendency or to be secretary of education. That’s not true for me."  -- The Answer Sheet

Black mom jailed for sending child to a white school

"I think they wanted to make an example of me." -- Kelley Williams-Bolar

On Obama's call for return of R.O.T.C. to campus

“I would be the most surprised person in the world if the military came back to Harvard or Yale."-- Diane Mazur, former Air Force officer and author of  A More Perfect Military