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The Biggest Bang for the Buck

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Labels: Commentary, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education Initiative

By Daniel Rose

The brutal murder of Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honor student at Chicago's Fenger High School, has focused national attention on the savage gang warfare that enveloped the school in an atmosphere of fear and despair.

Recorded on an amateur's cell phone video camera and seen nationally on the Internet, the murder was just another one of the 24 deadly student shootings in Chicago in 2006-2007, 23 in 2007-2008 and 34 deaths last year. More than 40 children under 18 have been murdered in Chicago so far this year.

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