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Penny's avatar

Funny since the rationale for the “Fifth Ward” school was also entirely based on nostalgia!

There was never any data presented indicating that bussing is a factor in poor educational outcomes and it certainly isn’t justified based on enrollment trends or budget projections.

Unfortunately in Evanston the nostalgics run the school board!

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Tom Hayden's avatar

There's a quote from GK Chesterton that I think of often

“Now in history there is no Revolution that is not a Restoration. Among the many things that leave me doubtful about the modern habit of fixing eyes on the future, none is stronger than this: that all the men in history who have really done anything with the future have had their eyes fixed upon the past.”

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