"Why I support the Chicago teachers' strike"

Anthony Vega doesn't glorify Chicago's Public School System.  "I can attest to the poor quality of education that plagues Chicago schools," he writes. He supports the strike because he doesn't blame teachers, but rather the "bacterial bureaucracy" that makes the system unwieldy and lowers the value of each student's education. Vega's editorial and his rise up from low expectations is on Youth Radio.photo: firedoglakedotcom/ BY-NC-SA