- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 30, 2011
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How a CPS teacher went from 'excellent' to 'do-not-hire' in one year
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 22, 2011
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Mayor union-buster
Rahm Emanuel fights the Chicago Teachers Union over a longer school day–and it’s not about the kids
- News & Features, Politics, Oct 6, 2011
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The $78 million bag
That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it)
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Aug 18, 2011
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Laid off from teaching—forever
Why Chicago Public Schools slapped its "do-not-hire" designation on another highly rated teacher.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Nov 23, 2011
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Library envy
As Mayor Emanuel cuts, his hometown shows how to invest in a library
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 29, 2011
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Wake up, Chicago Teachers Union
Mayor Emanuel has changed the rules—and you need to get in the game
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Nov 17, 2011
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An analysis of Senator Kirk's charter school 'analysis'
Mark Kirk claims that Chicago’s top high schools are charters, but that doesn’t mean it’s true
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 12, 2011
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Chicago: America's theater capital?
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jun 9, 2011
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As Mayor Daley cashes in, ousted teacher gets cut off
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 1, 2011
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Unlovable losers
The latest scheme to spend public money on Wrigley Field is as bad as the team that plays there
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 5, 2011
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An open letter to Chicago Public Schools' new CEO
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 28, 2011
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Blogger Fred Klonsky's crusade against public education reform
Klonsky's is a voice from the classroom that's oft overlooked
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Oct 20, 2011
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Poetry Foundation clamps down on prankster poets
After two activists caused a stir at an open house, the cops got called
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Aug 25, 2011
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Playwright Sarah Gubbins didn't think she was gay--or a writer
But with a couple world premieres this year, she's come into her own
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Oct 3, 2012
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Today's lesson: charters do not outperform unionized schools
Confronting the anti-teachers' union myth with, you know, facts
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Aug 4, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel does the TIF reform dance
But he's not looking like the belle of the ball
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 8, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel’s budget show
It’s a familiar script: you pay more, the little guys get fired, and the mayor hoards the money
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 12, 2012
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Why Chicago teachers hate Rahm
How the teachers union got to the point of a strike
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Dec 15, 2011
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All I want for Christmas is a City Council with a backbone
Mayor Emanuel already got his gift: a new set of rubber stamps
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Oct 27, 2011
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Chicago property tax 101
What to tell an alderman who fibs to you about TIFs
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