June 20, 2012 | Posted At: 11:59 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Parents & Parenting , School Life Pop Culture
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That's just so sweet. I've never been a fan of O'Brien, but it certainly paints him in a new light.
Posted by: Sarah | June 21, 2012 at 09:05 AM
That's a deeply delightful segment. Sweet indeed, but bittersweet.
http://www.fxw.org/admissions-process/
Posted by: Mary | June 21, 2012 at 14:46 PM
Here, at the other extreme, are some of Chicago's children who might help Colin sing the blues.
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/news/2007/09/foster-children-clustered-few-schools
I'm not even being ironic. Please, Colin, go to them, wherever they are, and sit down with them, with your instruments, and ask them how to sing for them.
Posted by: Mary | June 21, 2012 at 14:57 PM
And here is that same Sarah Karp, ten years later, still plugging away on the gritty details of "the arc of school reform in Chicago" at Catalyst Chicago:
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/news/2012/04/04/19981/no-place-in-line
I see you checked in on the direction of the arc yourself in 2008, Alejandro. Now, you're tracking the successful arc of political insider influence instead, on some overall enterprise you call "education reform".
You've drifted very far away away from the children.
Posted by: Mary | June 21, 2012 at 15:44 PM