Chicago Students Killed -- And Killing

How many kids are dying -- and how the media has covered or ignored the situation -- has been a hot topic for the past six months in Chicago, in large part due to a Tribune story showing that some 32 Chicago Public Schools children had died within just part of a year. 

Now, following on the news that a University of Chicago student was killed by a teenage CPS student named Eric Walker (pictured) , one former Chicago teacher writes in to say that the public and the press and the city shouldn't just be concerned about the victims of the crimes, but also the perpetrators:

"CPS students are both killed and are killers. CPS wants to focus the media attention on the innocent and ignore the failures of the schools to be able to address the needs of the once upon a time primary student Eric Walker," writes the former teacher, who worked in a school for troubled children.  "That the needs of the Eric Walkers enrolled in the CPS are many is unquestionable, that the funds needed to provide extensive supports to such children are not in place is also unquestionable."

Read the full comment here.