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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Trump: 'I't may take a traumatic event to unify the country.'

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Truth be told, I didn't watch Trump's shit show last night. Watched the Pistons demolish the Cavs instead. Much more satisfying. ...
Monday, January 29, 2018

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Samantha Eyler-Driscoll Senior Editor at the Stigler Center and its publication ProMarket, and one of six members of the ProMark...
Friday, January 26, 2018

The late Rev. Walker and his charter school in Harlem

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Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker in Harlem I didn't know the Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker personally, but I knew of him and admired his work, ...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

'Underutilization': The devastating language behind school closings.

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It's time to reconsider the word, "underutilized" as CPS code language for schools in black communities, in the same way ...
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Monday, January 22, 2018

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Women's March, New York Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor The women’s marches were the beginning, not the end. What happens next will be...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Rauner asked, 'Is David Duke a racist?' He dodges like Trump did.

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  "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" he said. "I don't know anything about wh...
Monday, January 15, 2018

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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"I am not a racist."  ( Painting by Haitian-American artist, Watson Mere ) “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutual...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Friday's show. What I would have asked Delia.

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I thoroughly enjoyed today's show for two reasons. The first was watching my brother Fred's first day at the controls as produc...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Sun-Times leaps to Rahm's defense. Calls Chris Kennedy a 'Stalinist' who's 'playing the race card'. Ugh!

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Kennedy and Rahm at Wolf Point : "We like investing here," Kennedy said. "Every time we attract a new resident to our Downt...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Troy is officially running for mayor

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Troy LaRaviere on Hitting Left I'm not endorsing anyone for mayor yet. 2019 is still a ways away and we have no idea what the whole ...
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Monday, January 8, 2018

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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Passerby Gretchen Moore shot video of raid on Chicago homeless “And so I parked my car and I went running over and I said, ‘Who are you ...
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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Toxic CPS culture starts at the top

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Gift cards for reward and punishment What happens when you make the public school system a wing of Chicago City Hall, arguably the great...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Some thoughts on the swearing in of Doug Jones

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Yes, Doug Jones , is a self-described centrist Democrat who still talks the talk about some illusionary bi-partisanship with Trumpists ra...
Monday, January 1, 2018

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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R.I.P. Erica Garner Erica Garner  "I'm in This Fight Forever" -- The Root Lenny Steinhorn, historian at American Unive...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Year-end report shows CPS now top district (ever) in the U.S. and the world.

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End-of-year tabulations are in from Chicago Public Schools. CPS reports that in 2017, 120% of entering freshmen graduated on time with ev...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Happy (dare I say it) holidays!

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Escaping the Chicago winter for a few days in the Florida sun. I haven't had the time to do much blogging. Been too busy getting sand...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A 'menu of disinvestment' leads to mass exodus of black students from Chicago schools.

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The artist Jacob Lawrence depicted the Great Migration in 1941. “It’s a menu of disinvestment,” says Elizabeth Todd-Breland, who teac...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

One of the great misuses of the word 'Trust' ever.

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Rahm flew Randi out to build union support for the Trust "We've debated this long enough. I'm not in the position of analy...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

...and the horse he rode in on.

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Best headline:  Alabama Voters to Roy Moore: F*ck You and the Horse You Rode in On The real horse that he rode in on, of course, was the...
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Monday, December 11, 2017

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

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CTU V.P. Jesse Sharkey on Claypool “His own arrogance did him in...Because, in his mind, there was no such thing as unethical as long ...
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Educator, writer, school/community activist. All opinions expressed on this blog, unless otherwise specified, are mine and don't necessarily represent those of any other individual or organization. Contact: smallschoolsworkshop@yahoo.com
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