When Ron Clewer, CEO of the Rockford Housing Authority, visited my Auburn High School AP English classroom to speak to students about the proposed east side New Towne public housing development that has been causing such an uproar in Rockford, he explained that all people deserve a nice home in safe surroundings.  Most of my kids live on the west side of Rockford, many of them in neighborhoods that aren’t the ideal in terms of upkeep and in which violent crime is the norm, so they heartily agreed that it is not fair to segregate public housing tenants just because they are poor.  What surprised the kids – at least for a moment – was to hear Mr. Clewer mention the “greater job opportunities” that would[…]