Chicagoist: Chicago's Learnding

vise77

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:37:24 -0600

The teachers are worse than the cops, and they're all political hires. It's sick what's going on in this city. Everybody knows somebody but the kids on the street who only know their gang leaders. It's time for a change because Daley is running this city into the ground.

fed up

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:29:56 -0600

Maybe the kids would do better if the chicago public schools didnt have the shortest school day and one of the shortest school years in the country. But the teachers union will never let that happen. Who cares how the kids are doing the teachers make alot of money for a little more than part time job.

fed up

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:27:22 -0600

P. Jackson is actually someone who Ive have heard speak on several occasions. He did not go overboard and spread the blame around. Ive heard him on several occasions say that many In the african american community are not holding up there end. To many single mothers not enough involvment in the childrens education. He is well spoken but his profile is small. He ran a campaign for congress and was crushed by booby rush but the guy rush beat in the previous election seems to be doing alright so there is hope for P. Jackson.

vise77

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:22:03 -0600

Daley is such a stick-in-the-mud I can't stand him. Oh, but it will be great when the CTA melts down, the school kids rob everyone and we get the Olympics. And those cops are thugs. And I'm sick of it. I lived in New York once and it was nothing like this.

Spook

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:15:57 -0600

When ever I hear Mos Deff and Talib Kweli's song "Black Star" I think of Phillip Jackson! He's one interesting cat. He grew up a poor kid from the jets- either Taylor or the Greens, I forget. No college degree, but he worked quietly and stealthily in the community paying for projects out of pocket while working in corporate America at the bottom. He got on Paul Valla’s radar screen as a local school council member and rose up to become his chief of staff actually doing some progressive stuff. He was loved by every one in education. When Daley got rid of Vallas who he viewed as a threat, he tapped Phillip to carry out his initial policies of ethnic cleansing on the south and Westside of Chicago as his "Head House N,___,___,___, O In Charge", like Today's Terry Peterson, although Jackson had it much worse growing up poor. So Jackson's had this million dollar political future in Daley, but his consciences couldn’t take it any more. He quits and now has become a very smart critic while funding and leading one of the most progressive grass roots none profits that actually calls what's going on in the Chicago Public Schools part of a holocaust directed at a certain group of folks. The cool thing is that he’s not pointlessly bombastic for the sake of selling out later to the highest bidder. He’s also pragmatic, smart and disciplined enough to keep funds coming in. When the revolution is won, it will be because folks like Phillip Big Upps to Chicagoist for "discovering" him. Hopefully one day you might interview him. I'm sure it will be a well commented on post, if that’s good or bad. Later yall I'm out. Happy Friday!

matty

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:53:34 -0600

we is well smart boyakasha!