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Friday, June 22, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The 'civil rights issue of our generation' -- Taking those words seriously

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The 'civil rights issue of our generation' -- Taking those words seriously:


The 'civil rights issue of our generation' -- Taking those words seriously

Jitu Brown of Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (back, left) and Helen Moore, Co-Chair of Keep the Vote/ No Takeover Coalition of Detroit demanded a meeting within two weeks with US Education Secretary Arne Duncan. They are filing USDOE civil rights complaints alleging that African American students are unfairly and disproportionately impacted by school closings, turnarounds and phaseouts. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Every opportunist politician from Mitt Romney to Arne Duncan has lately been calling ed reform, "the civil