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Tag: Forrest Claypool
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The unelected Chicago Board of Education
Earlier this month, when the Chicago Public Schools inspector general issued a report that CPS CEO Forrest Claypool engaged in a “full-blown cover-up” of ethics violations and “repeatedly lied” to investigators, Mayor Rahm Emanuel tiptoed into the controversy. Rather than condemn his handpicked CEO, a longtime loyal factotum and friend, Emanuel said simply, “Forrest made […]
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Investigation: Emanuel’s Chicago Infrastructure Trust has cost taxpayers $5 million but has contributed little, and other news
Also, local and national progressive Democrats target Congressman Dan Lipinski.
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The new public face of Rahm Emanuel’s school closing policies
The mayor brings in a new CPS CEO, Janice Jackson, just in time to shutter more schools.
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Rahm Emanuel to Stephen Colbert: Chicago is a ‘Trump-free zone,’ and other news
Also, Janice Jackson’s rise from CPS student to CPS CEO.
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Forrest Claypool abruptly resigns as Chicago Public Schools CEO, and other news
Also, every Chicago police patrol officer now has a body camera.
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Chicago Public Schools inspector general: Forrest Claypool ‘repeatedly lied,’ and other news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is to appear on The Late Show Monday for the first time since 2013.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Forrest Claypool pulls a Jeff Sessions
The CPS boss apologizes for an invoice change he previously said he didn’t recall—after being shown proof of the change.
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Rahm’s budget speech filled with whoppers and half-truths
The mayor did what he does best: avoid reality and praise himself.
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Forrest Claypool messed with the wrong alderman
The brownnosing Chicago Public Schools CEO gets “dunked on” after questioning the honesty of tough-as-nails Tenth Ward alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza.
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Rauner slams NFL players who protest the national anthem and flag before games, and other Chicago news
Also, a Rascal Flatts restaurant is (seriously) opening in the Fulton Market District.
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More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news
Also, CPS is expecting about 8,000 fewer students for the 2017-2018 school year.
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A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A shuttered Chicago public school promoted as ‘best in the class’ upscale apartments is a big fail
The conversion of Uptown’s Stewart School shows the city once again prioritizing private development over its dead-broke education system.