Sunday links.
Hugo Chavez’s gift to Obama swiftly becomes best-seller. It’s #5 It’s #2 on Amazon.
A legacy of slavery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Debbie Meier warns us not to believe the hype.
Debra Vladero reports that 25% of charter school teachers leave by the first year. Lousy working conditions? Or maybe they didn’t intend to stay in the first place.
Michelle Rhee will use police to round up kids to make sure they take the district’s standardized test.
For those of you who remember Derrick Rose at Simeon High School, you will find it easy to believe that this young Bulls guard has made basketball history.
His performance against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs Saturday was nothing short of spectacular, beating even Michael Jordan’s Bulls debut playoff stats. Rose’s 36 points in the 105-103 win against the defending NBA champs tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most points in a rookie playoff game. But even Kareem didn’t have 11 assists. Rick Telander
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