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An excellent opinion piece by Matt Welch in yesterday's LA Times puts the LAUSD's 9A debacle (I'll call it theirs) into a broader context -- even as it links to Chicken Corner. Borrowing a metaphor from Lord of the Rings, Welch dares to peer into the darkness.
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