Column: Urban Schools Prepare Kids for Life of Crime
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office.
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com columnistThis fall someone near and dear to me began a job tutoring and counseling students at an inner-city Detroit high school.
Her daily reports over the dinner table range from disturbing to appalling. Despite the heroic efforts by some of the teachers and students, attending school consists mainly of fighting your way to and from school with limited learning in between.
Her school has been on “lock down” two days this week because of incidents involving firearms. Squabbling among politicians, bureaucrats, teachers, and parents, along with a pathetic state economy and financing system, have insured the escalation of this dismal situation.
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Posted: December 11th, 2009 under News Story.
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