Counterinsurgency in the Bronx Posted by Max Bergmann

The New York Times profile of principal Shimon Waronker, an orthodox Jew who became the principal of a mostly Black and Hispanic school, is a fascinating read. But this line is my favorite:

He enlisted the students, too, by creating a democratically elected student congress.

“It’s just textbook counterinsurgency,” he said. “The first thing you have to do is you have to invite the insurgents into the government.” He added, “I wanted to have influence over the popular kids."

Comments

[Mike M.]

I do hope your point is that just about any inner city high school principle has mroe common sense than Bush. Because writing about the Iraqis as if they're children is not helpful.