Gov. seizes state schools

Comparing the Illinois school system to a "soviet-style bureaucracy," Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich Thursday announced he's taking over the state's educational system because too many students "can't meet basic reading...."

Saying he is not satisfied with the way Illinois runs its schools, Blagojevich stepped up to the plate vowing to run and reform a system he believes allowed children to fall between the cracks.

Senate President Emil Jones, Senator Barack Obama (D-13th), and Rep. Monique D. Davis (D-27th) are glad that Blagojevich is taking on the school system, but, Jones and Obama said it sounds easier than it is done.

While Blagojevich and his deputy chief of …