I bet you expected this was going to be another post about the Jennings appointment.
This town needs an enema is the title of a one-shot zine of zine reviews published in 1998, which includes a review of my second pamphlet, Separate but Equal. That fab review will grace the cover of a new pamphlet that should be in print within the next few day: Flight from Equality: School reform in the US since 1983. A review of Separate But Equal? This pamphlet by Douglas Mann documents with frighteningly straightforward detail a series of events that he calls "the resegregation of the Minneapolis Public Schools," and the tacit conspiracy between the media, the city council, and the school board to stonewall or discredit those who refuse to cooperate. Most chilling is the analysis of ‘tracking’ or grouping kids into groups of basically ‘stupid,’ ‘normal,’ and smart;’ which gives the individual student a label that he or she is unlikely to ever escape...-- from This Town Needs an Enema (April 1998), a one-shot review of zines by Paul T. Olsen. -Doug Mann, King Field Educationright.tripod.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
