- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 8, 2013
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Keeping up with the Jones high school plans
How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school—and win my almost undying support
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Oct 23, 2012
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Testing in kindergarten: whatever happened to story time?
Chicago kindergarteners could spend a third of their school year taking standardized tests
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 10, 2012
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CEO Brizard to Mayor Rahm: Look what I found!
It's budget time at the Chicago Public Schools, which means our CEO will say what he has to say so he can say that it's balanced
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 5, 2011
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An open letter to Chicago Public Schools' new CEO
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 13, 2011
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Stacking the Odds in Favor of Charter Schools
Charters unload problem students onto neighboring public schools - then reap the benefits.
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 17, 2011
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What's Next for Chicago Public Schools?
Now that CEO Ron Huberman is gone, the next step will be Rahm's.
- News & Features, Feature, Sep 23, 2010
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Filed Away?
"Honorably terminated" teachers—some nationally recognized—say they can't get so much as a callback about jobs in the Chicago Public Schools. One colleague's bureaucratic nightmare has given them reason to fear the worst.
- News & Features, Politics, Jun 17, 2010
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The Armies Are Gathering
Now that the word's out about how TIFs suck money away from the schools, parents are rallying to raid the kitty.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 16, 2010
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What Cuts Did Huberman Actually Make?
Schools chief Ron Huberman keeps getting credit for making central office cuts. But has he?
- News & Features, Politics, Apr 1, 2010
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Do as We Say, Not as We Do
The Chicago Public Schools are broke. Teachers have been asked to share the pain. Coaches have been asked to work for free. Bigger class sizes have been threatened. So why are CEO Ron Huberman and other top bureaucrats taking raises?
- News & Features, Media, Dec 10, 2009
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The Bulldog at the Gate
Journalists say new CPS flack Monique Bond is making it harder to report on the schools. Is that what she was hired to do?
- News & Features, Politics, Nov 26, 2009
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The Insider
Remembering the unflappable Michael Scott
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 19, 2009
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CPS Pres Michael Scott's Backroom Meeting at Edna's
A backroom meeting between CPS board president Michael Scott (now deceased), Arne Duncan, Danny Davis, and Rickey Hendon is making the rounds. I reported on that meeting in 2006.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2009
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So We're Still a Two-Newspaper Town! An Idea About What They Should Be Doing
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 24, 2009
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Shame on Arne Duncan for Not Hiring a Band!
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 29, 2009
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Rescue Me
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 30, 2009
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Tim Tuten to work for Arne Duncan
Hideout co-owner Tim Tuten is going to work for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington, D.C.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2009
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Mr. Right For CPS
Ron Huberman has met the primary requirement for heading the Chicago Public Schools: he knows how to keep Mayor Daley happy.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2009
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Floating Like A Butterfly
Arne Duncan shows once again that he's the master of the duck and dodge.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2008
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Barbara Eason-Watkins to replace Arne Duncan
CPS's chief education officer to replace Arne Duncan, Catalyst Chicago reports.
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