'Abdication of responsibility'? The walk to a better school that puts lives at risk

By Trymaine Lee, National Writer, msnbc.comPHILADELPHIA— Each morning just before school, Dawn Hawkins and her 13-year-old son Khyrie hold hands, close their eyes and bow their heads.“Be a shield of protection for my baby,” Hawkins prays over the lanky 8th grader.