WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Thousands at 'Justice or Else' Rally in D.C. on 20th anniversary of Million Man March

David Nakamura and Hamil R. Harris

The peaceful rally was a reminder that seven years after the election of the nation’s first black president, enormous frustration remains among segments of the African American community about progress on civil rights. -- Washington Post

Charles Pierce

"And when the history of the Obama Administration is written, its willingness to go along with charter-school grifters at the behest of Arne Duncan is going to be a very big debit on the ledger."  -- New York Magazine

Duncan's charter scandal. 

Jeff Bryant

 Why would a secretary so often accused of leading an unprecedented overreach of federal intrusion in state education policy suddenly become so nonchalant about oversight of charter schools?  -- The ugly charter school scandal Arne Duncan is leaving behind (Salon)

Carol Marin

In Chicago, the mayor runs the schools. Always has. But not ultimately responsible? C’mon. Own it, mayor. Own it. -- Sun-Times

 Schiff Hardin Attorney Ron Safer

“We view it as semi-pro bono work. This is not a unique case". -- CPS approves more legal spending for Byrd-Bennett aides

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

— Mark Twain (@TheMarkTwain) October 12, 2015