Nick Burt sues Chicago Public Schools after radio silence from the district on a Freedom of Information Act request.
Tag: Persepolis
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How CPS officials decided to pull Persepolis from the classroom
E-mails show that orders to yank the acclaimed graphic novel came from the top.
Posted inArts & Culture
What we learned at the 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival
Here are the nuggets wisdom and trivia we gleaned from the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Posted inBlogs
Mayor Rahm’s favorite books
Did the mayor actually read any of the books on his publicized list of favorite books?
Posted inFilm
Why can’t grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?
The Oscar-nominated animated short films screen this week at Landmark’s Century Centre. Why can’t the features be as good?
Posted inBlogs
Mayor Rahm’s grand experiment: Libraries without librarians
Books as a backdrop: Mayor Rahm stages a press conference in the Payton high school library that has no librarian because of his budget cuts.
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Mayor Rahm to Von Steuben: No toilet paper for you!
Mayor Rahm’s spending so much cash on his hotel/DePaul basketball arena scheme that he’s got no money to buy toilet paper or librarians for the schools.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The school model that’s good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel
If unionized teachers are good enough for Mayor Emanuel’s kids, why not the public schools?
Posted inBlogs
Iranian-born artist Ario Mashayekhi on the curious timing of the CPS ban of Persepolis
“Censorship is not something new. It happens on and on and on. For the U.S., it’s shocking. For me, it’s expected.”
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Hey Rahm: If Toni Preckwinkle unseats you, you’ll have more time to go skiing
What a week for the mayor to go AWOL
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To those Lane Tech kids protesting the purging of Persepolis
It isn’t even the worst of the Emanuel administration’s sins.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The Emanuel administration kicks Persepolis out of class
The latest education fiasco from Rahm’s administration: Kicking Persepolis out of class
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The boy who wasn’t there, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Coming soon to a monitor near you
Nina Paley’s head-turning animation “Sita Sings the Blues” emerges from copyright battle bent but not broken.