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Home » Juan Rangel

Tag: Juan Rangel

Posted inColumns & Opinion

If charter schools don’t want their teachers to unionize, they’ll have to pay them like they’re in a union

by Ben Joravsky March 14, 2017August 18, 2021

The salary gap with public school teachers is one factor pushing charter teachers to unionize.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

What’s changed—and what hasn’t—since the last teachers’ strike

by Ben Joravsky October 5, 2016August 18, 2021

The rhetoric is less divisive, but the mayor’s dirty tricks are the same.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

UNO’s records-request dodge was artless, but other charter schools may try the same move

by Ben Joravsky May 4, 2016August 18, 2021

There’s still not enough scrutiny over how privately run charters spend public money.

Rahm Emanuel (right) endorsed Governor Pat Quinn as the mayor shifts leftward before his own reelection bid.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

How Rahm became a Democrat again

by Ben Joravsky November 4, 2014August 18, 2021

As his reelection bid looms, Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops his tough talk and becomes a Democrat again.

Posted inNews & Politics

One of these guys is going to be governor of Illinois

by Mick Dumke October 15, 2014August 18, 2021

A few things you should know about Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner

UNO Galewood Charter School in Belmont Cragin
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Charter school operator won’t say how it spent your tax dollars

by Ben Joravsky December 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Charter school operator won’t say how it spent your tax dollars.

Nicholas Sposato, alderman of the 36th Ward, says of UNO: "I just want to make sure they're living up to their deal."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Who got in to the UNO school built with clout?

by Ben Joravsky September 24, 2013August 19, 2021

After a new charter school opened in his ward, an alderman wants to know which kids have benefited.

Posted inBlogs

The lessons of UNOgate—don’t let Mihalopoulos catch you!

by Ben Joravsky June 12, 2013August 19, 2021

Hey, charter school operators: if you want to continue paying your teachers substandard salaries and firing them on a whim, it’s a good idea not to dole out contracts to the brothers of the chief operating officer.

Alderman Richard Mell: aiding and abetting Mayor Emanuel
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The City Council’s rules committee: Where good legislation goes to die

by Ben Joravsky February 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel doesn’t have to fight City Council proposals he doesn’t like—he just buries them.

Posted inBlogs

UNO contract comedy: One man out, one man on, leaders baffled

by Ben Joravsky February 18, 2013August 19, 2021

UNO’s charter school bosses hire a judge to tell them how and why they awarded contracts to relatives of UNO’s former chief executive officer.

Posted inNews & Politics

The Reader’s second annual awards for political “achievement”

by Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke December 26, 2012August 19, 2021

The year in politics: the Reader‘s second annual awards for political “achievement”

CEO of UNO Juan Rangel and Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Today’s lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools

by Ben Joravsky October 3, 2012August 19, 2021

There are no charters in the top ten schools in Chicago. None in the top 20, 30, or 40 either.

David Corral in front of Major Hector Garcia High School
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Fighting for the right to fire bad teachers—and good ones too

by Ben Joravsky September 26, 2012August 19, 2021

The story of the UNO charter school teacher dismissed despite doing his job with “dignity”

President George Bush shares a laugh at the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant with Mayor Daley.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans?

by Ben Joravsky September 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Rahm Emanuel is currently advancing an agenda that would go over well at a GOP convention

Posted inBlogs

UNO’s Juan Rangel does a damn good Chris Christie impression

by Mick Dumke August 30, 2012August 19, 2021

The state’s biggest charter school operator calls the teachers union “totally irresponsible and reckless”

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