Next month, the movie Won't Back Down will be released. The movie is loosely based on the story of parent-activists in Oakland CA who pushed reform on their failing school. When the trailer was shown at the DNC convention this summer, it was applauded. No-one likes failing schools, everyone likes activists. The problem, according to Richard Fernandez, is that the ending to the real story was not happy: there has been no change - the concessions are locked up in court proceedures.
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/09/23/happy-endings/#more-24581
So it is with Chicago. With so many dismal failures, so many children/adolescents that quit school unable to read/compute sums beyond a third grade level, how can it be that the unions have many of their financial "needs" recognized?
I am so glad that I am homeschooling.
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