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Old 08-10-2009, 10:34 AM   #516 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by filtherton View Post
Here. http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...ml#post2580359

See also: many other posts in that thread.

The short version is that you attempted use a single point of data as evidence for the existence of a trend.
You have to be kidding. The Chicago public school system is generally a failure and has been for decades. This is common knowledge. Obama did not send his children to Chicago Public Schools. The Chicago school system is administratively top heavy, union dominated, and has an above acceptable level of incompetent teachers. Certainly there are some good schools and many successes, but on a whole anyone with real choice would not choose to send a child they love to a Chicago Public school. If you don't accept that, I suggest going to Chicago and spend a day talking to students, parents, concerned citizens, and those who moved out of the city because of the schools. I understand why we can not have a real serious discussion, we seem to exist in alternative realities. This is a recurring theme.

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Originally Posted by dc_dux View Post
You consistently display an unwillingness or inability to acknowledge anything positive of any legislation or policy that does not conform with your pre-disposed ideology.
Given limited time, what is the value in using it to point out what I like about a piece of legislation? My nature is to focus on what needs improvement.

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Here is the latest Chicago Public School issue, wonder how long this has been going on and I wonder who is actually surprised:

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August 4, 2009 from WBEZ

A scandal is rocking Chicago's public school system. Federal investigators are among those looking into the city's elite public schools. The investigation suggests there is more to the admissions process than just the lottery that several thousand students enter each year. There are allegations parents use their clout to get their kids into certain schools.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...27067&ft=3&f=3
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