Duncan's record has been shaped by his avid support of charter schools and by Mayor Richard M. Daley's Renaissance 2010 initiative to close hundreds of schools and reopen them as new and improved after a year of building renovation and complete staff renewal. Note: JOHN Ayers is head of charter school assoc and not, apparently, related to Bill Ayers at U of Chicago |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.