Allison Bates Archives - Chicago Reader

University of Chicago Lab Schools parent Barack Obama, graduate Arne Duncan, and parent Rahm Emanuel

Columns & Opinion

The school model that’s good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel

by Ben Joravsky May 7, 2013August 19, 2021

If unionized teachers are good enough for Mayor Emanuel’s kids, why not the public schools?

Allison Bates is a casualty of CPS's "do-not-hire" designation.

Columns & Opinion

How a CPS teacher went from ‘excellent’ to ‘do-not-hire’ in one year

by Ben Joravsky June 30, 2011August 19, 2021

On June 25, Mayor Rahm Emanuel invited a group of recent education-school graduates to help change the world by signing up with the Chicago Public Schools. “I hope you stay in the Chicago area because I will continue to do what I think is best in telling the city of Chicago that we have the […]