Fenger High School

The death of Fenger High School honors student Darrion Albert has ignited much discussion of youth violence and even brought U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education (and former CPS head) Arne Duncan to Chicago to address the issue. Despite the attention, it’s been hard to really grasp the reasons for the fight leading to Albert’s death. News reports have been lacking in detail and politicians seem interested mostly in dodging blame.

Salon.com recently published a letter from an anonymous seventeen-year-old Fenger High Student that gives more insight into the situation than anything I’ve read or heard previously.