Tim Cawley’s departure means all but one of Emanuel’s public school appointees is gone.
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The school board’s moment of insight on charters
In the category of good news, Mayor Rahm’s school board punts on Noble’s proposal to open a new charter high school in Uptown—just in time for Karen Lewis and Troy LaRaviere to talk about it at next week’s First Tuesdays show at the Hideout.
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Why did Mayor Emanuel stonewall the Tribune?
The newspaper spent months fighting for information from the Chicago Public Schools.
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Professor Rahm lectures on contract law
Under fire from the Tribune on interest-rate swaps at CPS, Mayor Rahm tries to explain why investment bankers have more contractual rights than ordinary teachers, firefighters, and cops.
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Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School
Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy.
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Rahm’s school board and the teachers’ union actually agree on charter law
Chicago officials don’t want their hands tied by state charter rules.
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Promising CPS principal follows promising CPS administrator to Madison
Nancy Hanks and Jennifer Cheatham are putting their skills to work—elsewhere.
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How Chicago’s five-year school plan was dead on arrival
With more budget cuts, Mayor Emanuel dooms the education polices he forced into place.
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School closings in Chicago—I ain’t over ’em yet!
Mayor Emanuel’s decision to close 50 schools only seems to get worse with time.
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Welcome back from spring break, CPS teachers!
Chicago’s public school teachers return from spring break to discover that a lot of things may soon disappear—like their jobs!