the so we could discuss the matter. there are 150 schools in the city, 160 don t have a library. black, brown and poor educational apartheid. the neighborhood schools are outperforming the turnaround schools. you close down the public schools put extra money for a private charter or turnaround school and there are factors operating like something called poverty, where in the schools 90% of the kids are on free lunch program, so this kind of quick fix turnaround is a very expensive problem, it s not working. well, it seems to be unfair to the teachers, you can t tell me there are 600 teachers in chicago that are terrible all in one spot and need to be shut down and they happen to come from impoverished neighborhoods.
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ed, you have 25% of the african american teachers law is up 50%, half of them are tar getted to leave the school system or be fired, which is a kind of cultural disconnect. they are taking out choirs. whitney houston came out of school and choir, jennifer hudson, you cut out music, art, this is not a healthy program. the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, quoted martin luther king saying he was driven by the fierce urgency of now. what do you think martin luther king would say about chicago today? he came to chicago on the issue of public education, equal high quality public education for all. within the city you have the payton high and down the street
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it s a very dangerous model in my opinion. it will happen all over the country if we don t watch out. chooim mayor rahm emanuel declined to join us tonight but here is part of his statement. i understand the real anxieties that come with change but i also know nothing is more disheartening for a child than being stuck in a failing school. by investing in principals who are accountable and tachers who are committed, we have seen our children succeed, doubling average test scores, gains in our turn-around schools. under the plan, six schools will close or be phased out. ten schools will go in so-called turnaround. let s bring in the president of the rainbow push coalition reverend jesse jackson from chicago. reverend, i ve spoken with you on this you ve called it educational apartheid. what is wrong with this and how serious is it? i wish the mayor would be on