Thursday, November 05, 2009

Let my people go

"Chicago Public Schools have a gang problem. The gang, however, is not the BDs (Black Disciples), the gang is not the GDs (Gangster Disciples), the gang is not the Vice Lords and the gang is not the Four Corner Hustlers. The gang is the Chicago Teachers Union."

-- State Sen. James T. Meeks, D-Chicago, chair of the Illinois Senate's Education Committee, Oct. 17, 2009.
Tribune editorial, War: Meeks vs. CTU.

Chicago may open charter school near Altgeld Gardens: School seen as way to ease tension after Fenger student's fatal beating

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