If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.
Tag: Sarah Karp
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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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Mayor Rahm had his head in the sand when Barbara Byrd-Bennett set up her $23 million scam
Why couldn’t our public school watchdogs see what was staring them in the face?
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Saving CPS from the people who run it
If you missed the show—and even if you were there—here’s the video of the second annual First Tuesday education summit, where we tried to figure out how to save our schools from the people who are running them.
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Three of Chicago’s best education reporters talk about CPS at the Hideout summit Tuesday
This week three great local education reporters—Sarah Karp, Lauren FitzPatrick, and Becky Vevea—join the Reader‘s Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky for First Tuesdays at the Hideout to discuss schools in Chicago.
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Karen Lewis and Troy LaRaviere on Rahm, Rauner, and CPS
See it for yourself—Karen Lewis on Rauner the sociopath, Troy LaRaviere on the parasites at CPS, and other highlights from this week’s First Tuesdays show at the Hideout.
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Will the next schools chief please stand up—to Rahm?
Barbara Byrd-Bennett steps down after overseeing school cuts and closings.
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Mayor Rahm and his administration struggle to tell the truth
As the journalist Sarah Karp recently learned the hard way, you’ve got to be a bulldog to rip some shred of truth from Mayor Rahm’s administration.
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Reporters talk schools and journalism in the Age of Rahm
Live at the Hideout: Three of Chicago’s best education reporters discuss schools and how Mayor Rahm handles the press.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 8/5: ‘Lost and Found,’ Tori Amos, and First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, August 5
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FitzPatrick, Karp, and Lutton talking schools at the Hideout!
Just in time for the start of the school year, Mick and Ben will be at the Hideout on August 5 with three great education reporters: Lauren FitzPatrick, Sarah Karp, and Linda Lutton.
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All year long we moan and groan, so it’s time for a little thanks
There are things to be thankful for in Chicago.
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How I spent my summer break: Firing teachers
A Chicago principal explains how she spent her summer break: Firing teachers.
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Mayor Rahm takes a TIF poll!
Feeling the heat from parents upset about school funding cuts, Mayor Emanuel sets up a hot line.