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Tag Archives: charter schools
CN May 17 2018
Paul Vallas visits Chicago Newsroom this week to talk about his candidacy for Mayor. He begins by arguing the the police force needs to be expanded to about 14,000 officers, of whom 1200 are detectives. “And when the police don’t … Continue reading
CN September 1 2016
Troy LaRaviere resigned this week from his position as principal at Blaine Elementary. That’s not big news, since he had already won election as the president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association. But his resignation cleared the … Continue reading
CN Feb 11 2016
Do you favor school reform? Peter Cunningham does. For more than 20 years, he’s been a spokesperson for the Chicago Public Schools and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Now his own non-profit, funded by “pro-reform funders”, helps to “drive positive narratives … Continue reading
CN July 23, 2015
Blaine Elementary principal Troy LaRaviere is our sole guest this week. School budgets, charter schools,educational achievement and lots more.
CN April 2, part 1
It’s just days before the election results roll in and we know whether the people have elected Rahm or Chuy. So it’s only natural that, among political animals, attention turns to last-minute polls. And to early voting patterns. Polls have … Continue reading
CN Jan 23, 2014
When the court-ordered six-thousand page “document dump” related to the Chicago Archdiocese priest sex abuse scandal happened earlier this week, Sun-Times reporter Art Golab set about reading them. His share was well over 1,000 pages. “From what I learned after … Continue reading
Dec. 19, 2013
Some questions we kicked around on this week’s Chicago Newsroom with Education expert and consultant Paul Goren an Chicago Reader Senior Writer (and 2014 Studs Terkel Award winner) Steve Bogira: Could CPS schools be significantly improved if, taking their gross … Continue reading
CN August 15, 2013
Driven along South Kedzie or West Foster lately? How fast were you going? Mayor Emanuel’s speed cameras already know, and they could be mailing you $100 speeding tickets very soon. And if it was a school you sped by, between … Continue reading
