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Has the celebrated musical eclipsed the man himself?
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Battling for the fate of a school district
I n every city there is a district which is called “tough” — a district which decent people, afraid of insult or theft, shun in both daylight and darkness. It…
Predicting murder on Chicago’s South Side
The state Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of Kansas public-school funding
One year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools
Fifty years of blaming America’s educational system for our stupidity
How public education cripples our kids, and why
Notes on a noble American tradition