How to Analyze False Claims about Charter Schools
By dianeravitch An experienced researcher saw a story in the Economist about charter schools. It was, as is typical among news stories, incredibly naive. The writer didn’t ask the right questions....
View ArticleMorning Video: Google & Microsoft Duking It Out Over Schools
By Alexander Russo This scene from CNN’s Chicagoland documentary series showing Google’s Eric Schmidt visiting a Chicago school with Mayor Rahm Emanuel illustrates the battle over the education...
View ArticleFrom Stacey Gates at the CTU: We must protect our pensions
By Mike Klonsky Dear Mike, In carefully examining the pension “deal” put forth recently by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, we have found that the plan does not, in any way, solve Chicago’s pension problem. As we...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Charters in Chicago Do Not Outperform Public Schools
By dianeravitch A stunning article in the Chicago Sun-Times demonstrates that charter schools in Chicago do not get better results than public schools. Where differences exist, they are small. Last...
View ArticleRahm’s two biggest scams
By Mike Klonsky “Have you changed the way you measure statistics?” one reporter asked. “I don’t buy the premise of the question,” Emanuel answered and quickly moved on. — Chicago Magazine The mayor and...
View ArticleAre you ready to rumble? Looks like we have a candidate.
By Mike Klonsky “What happened to the hundreds of children from closed schools who never made it the welcoming schools on the West and South Sides?” Fioretti said. It’s cold and gloomy outside. But I’m...
View ArticleHow many polls do you need?
By Mike Klonsky Hey Preckwinkle, Fioretti, Bozo the Clown…somebody. What the hell are you waiting for? Only one in five Chicago voters credit Mayor Rahm Emanuel with doing a better job of running the...
View ArticleWho Betrayed The Legacy Of Brown V. Board?
By Jeff Bryant So this one’s personal for me. The day they bused the poor kids to my school was the first time I’d ever come face to face with children my age who were so poor they weren’t properly...
View ArticleChicago principal publicly slams Mayor Emanuel and says he is ‘insulting’...
By Valerie Strauss A scathing letter (see below) by a Chicago school principal charging Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration with ignoring and disrespecting teachers and principals has sparked a...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Poll: Voters Reject Rahm’s Education Policies, Favor CTU
By dianeravitch The Chicago Tribune’s poll of voters‘ views of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s school policies showed very low approval for the Mayor. The mayoral election is in February 2015, and it appears that...
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