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Tag: special education
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The pattern to Rahm’s sexual predator, filthy schools, and special ed scandals
If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.
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Special education kids fight for scraps as city touts shiny new developments
Who wants to bet there will be plenty of public money for soccer stadiums and upscale communities, but not enough for the students?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
CPS won’t say why it suspended activist teacher Sarah Chambers
But Chambers has been an outspoken opponent of cuts to special ed funding.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mayor Rahm cuts school budget while the city’s TIFs are flush with money
Why cut $140 million from CPS when there’s $461 million in TIF money available?
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Rauneromics: Tax credits for ConAgra, budget cuts for everyone else
While social service programs and education throughout the state get cut, Illinois governor Bruce Rauner forks over as much as $1.26 million in tax credits to poach ConAgra from Omaha.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
As schools starve, Mayor Emanuel finds $5 million for hot dogs
As schools starve, Mayor Emanuel delivers a $5 million subsidy to Vienna Beef.
Posted inNews & Politics
School dismissed for a beloved security guard
Kelvyn Cockrell started going to Henson elementary at age six, and he never stopped. But now that the school is among 50 closed by CPS, he’ll have to.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Mayor Emanuel’s crowded-classroom approach to fixing schools
A glimpse at the school overcrowding likely to result from Mayor Emanuel’s “consolidation” plan.