Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
The Chicago Public Schools are best compared to a frontal system on a weather map. You have teachers who have known nothing but academic success meeting students and parents who have experienced nothing but academic failure and hold a grudge against teachers. Where fronts meet, violent storms occur.