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Chicago Mayor Calls For "Brainiac High"

Posted by Soulskill on from the edumication-in-the-windy-city dept.

theodp writes "In a private lunch with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, BusinessWeek's Michael Arndt was taken aback by the mayor's candid monologues against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the failure of public schools — Chicago's included — to adequately train kids today in technology, math, and science. Among the education fixes Daley said he's contemplating are a fifth year of high school and elite math and science academies for Chicago's brainiest students. Endless wars that divert hundreds of billions a year from schools and job training are also undermining America's competitiveness, Daley added, wondering where the public outrage is."

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  1. Re:Schools vs. Killing brown people by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is Daley, he'll say anything to get more votes the idiots who live in Chicago.

    Perhaps if he had his way, you and your ilk would be able to troll in complete, comprehensible sentences.

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  2. Re:Missed the mark by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Funny

    Add in the fact that companies are off-shoring or brining in H1B workers, why in anyone in their right mind do a science PhD?

    Well, that's certainly quite a pickle you've described there!

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