Tag Archives: charter schools

CN May 17 2018

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Arne Duncan, charter schools, Karen Lewis, Mayor, Paul Valla, pension funding, pension holidays' CTU, Police training academy, Rahm Emanuel, Renaissance 2010, Richard M. Daley | Leave a comment

CN September 1 2016

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Ben Joravsky, charter schools, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, CPS, CPS budget, CTU, Ethan Michaeli, Forrest Claypool, Fred Klonsky, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Troy LaRaviere, WBEZ | Leave a comment

CN Feb 11 2016

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Arne Duncan, charter schools, CPS, CTU, CTU contract, Forrest Claypool, Jesse Sharkey, Karen Lewis, Peter Cunningham, Rahm Emanuel, teacher buyout, teacher layoffs | 1 Comment

CN July 23, 2015

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Ken

Blaine Elementary principal Troy LaRaviere is our sole guest this week. School budgets, charter schools,educational achievement and lots more.

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows, Uncategorized | Tagged Blain Elementary, charter schools, CPS budgets, Rahm Emanuel, Troy LaRaviere | Leave a comment

CN April 2, part 1

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged charter schools, Chicago Sun-Times, Chuy Garcia, Enlace, Latino Policy Forum, Michael Madigan, Neil Stenberg, Rahm Emanuel, Sylvia Puente | Leave a comment

CN Feb. 19, 2015

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Ken

The question on the table just a few days before the mayoral election is: are kids in our public schools today better off than they would have been five or ten years ago as a result of Mayor Emanuel’s policies? And … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Barbara Byrd Bennett, charter schools, CPS high schools, Linda Lutton, Mayor Daley, Noble Charter schools, Paul Vallas, The Big Sort, WBEZ | Leave a comment

CN Aug 14, 2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Ken

Chicago Public Schools has announced that it’s making FY 2015 a smidge longer – like about 60 days. That’s so it can double-dip on tax revenue to fill this year’s budget hole. But, you ask, won’t that make FY … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Barbara Byrd Bennett, Catalyst-Chicago, charter school funding, charter schools, Chicago Sun-Times, Karen Lewis, Kate Grossman, neighborhood high schools, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Karp | Leave a comment

CN Jan 23, 2014

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged Archdiocese of Chicago, Art Golab, charter schools, Chicago Sun-Times, CPS, Harris v. Quinn, Matt Farmer, priest sex abuse | Leave a comment

Dec. 19, 2013

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Ken

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 →

Posted in Chicago Newsroom past shows | Tagged CASEL, charter schools, Chicago Reader, CPS, magnet school, Paul Goren, poverty, racial segregation, Steve Bogira, triage, University of Chicago | Leave a comment

CN August 15, 2013

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Ken

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 →