Jean-Claude Brizard Archives

Columns & Opinion

All aboard! Claypool transfers CTA pals to CPS

by Ben Joravsky September 3, 2015August 18, 2021

Rahm’s schools CEO is putting a new spin on an old Chicago budget trick.

Columns & Opinion

Will the next schools chief please stand up—to Rahm?

by Ben Joravsky April 21, 2015August 18, 2021

Barbara Byrd-Bennett steps down after overseeing school cuts and closings.

News & Politics

The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political ‘achievement’

by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke December 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political “achievement”

Blogs

School closings in Chicago—I ain’t over ’em yet!

by Ben Joravsky June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel’s decision to close 50 schools only seems to get worse with time.

Blogs

Nine schools in 12 years: One teacher’s tale of life in Chicago’s public schools

by Ben Joravsky April 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Hey, wannabe teachers: If you want to teach in Chicago, get ready to be moved to different schools all over town, many times!

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce school closings in a few weeks.

Columns & Opinion

Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel

by Ben Joravsky March 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel’s threat to close a quarter of Chicago’s public grammar schools has the city in a tizzy.

State representative Rita Mayfield (D-Waukegan)

Columns & Opinion

Chicago’s new BFF is a legislator from Waukegan

by Ben Joravsky February 26, 2013August 19, 2021

State rep Rita Mayfield isn’t from the city, but who else is sticking up for its taxpayers?

Columns & Opinion

Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS’s longer school day

by Ben Joravsky February 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS’s longer school day

Blogs

What does the MAP test cost Chicago Public Schools?

by Steve Bogira February 11, 2013August 18, 2021

Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Chicago schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, addressing the Chicago Urban League in November. “We need to acknowledge that the community simply does not trust what we say or what we do,” Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said in November. This was during a speech to the Chicago Urban League, three weeks after Rahm […]