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Posted inBlogs

The pattern to Rahm’s sexual predator, filthy schools, and special ed scandals

by Ben Joravsky June 8, 2018August 18, 2021

If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm’s budget speech filled with whoppers and half-truths

by Ben Joravsky October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The mayor did what he does best: avoid reality and praise himself.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Mayor Rahm had his head in the sand when Barbara Byrd-Bennett set up her $23 million scam

by Ben Joravsky October 14, 2015August 18, 2021

Why couldn’t our public school watchdogs see what was staring them in the face?

Posted inBlogs

Saving CPS from the people who run it

by Ben Joravsky August 7, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Three of Chicago’s best education reporters talk about CPS at the Hideout summit Tuesday

by Ben Joravsky August 3, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Karen Lewis and Troy LaRaviere on Rahm, Rauner, and CPS

by Ben Joravsky June 5, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inColumns & 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.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm and his administration struggle to tell the truth

by Ben Joravsky February 6, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Reporters talk schools and journalism in the Age of Rahm

by Ben Joravsky August 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Live at the Hideout: Three of Chicago’s best education reporters discuss schools and how Mayor Rahm handles the press.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 8/5: ‘Lost and Found,’ Tori Amos, and First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben

by Brianna Wellen August 5, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, August 5

Posted inBlogs

FitzPatrick, Karp, and Lutton talking schools at the Hideout!

by Ben Joravsky July 25, 2014August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

The impact of charter school expansion

by Steve Bogira March 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Many Chicago high schools are withering away.

Posted inBlogs

All year long we moan and groan, so it’s time for a little thanks

by Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky November 27, 2013August 19, 2021

There are things to be thankful for in Chicago.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How I spent my summer break: Firing teachers

by Ben Joravsky August 13, 2013August 19, 2021

A Chicago principal explains how she spent her summer break: Firing teachers.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm takes a TIF poll!

by Ben Joravsky August 8, 2013August 19, 2021

Feeling the heat from parents upset about school funding cuts, Mayor Emanuel sets up a hot line.

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