- Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2013
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Remembering Chicago's great school boycott of 1963
Kartemquin Films documents the city's last big school protest—just in time for the present one.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's Chicago—in black and white
The racial breakdown in the Tribune poll on Mayor Emanuel and the schools shows that how you view the mayor depends on how he's been treating your community.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2013
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If only the students at Lincoln Park High were on the school board
The students of Lincoln Park High are the role models that the Board of Education—and the City Council—should follow.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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Mudslinging at the Rauner exploratory campaign for governor
"I scare politicians in both parties," Bruce Rauner says.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Chicago school officials eliminate a standardized test
One test bites the dust. Will others?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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How would Mayor Emanuel treat the Ricketts family if they were poor?
Let's say as poor and powerless as the people whose schools and mental health clinics he's closing
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2013
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Fifty years ago: A basketball title and a school boycott for Chicago
In 1963, the Loyola Ramblers struck a blow for integration, while the Chicago Public Schools were preserving segregation.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2013
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Standardized testing: Cheating and other problems
Is trustworthy high-stakes testing feasible?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2013
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The Paul Douglas Alliance: Profiles in courage, City Council style
"Independent" aldermen issue a statement on school closings that might as well have been written by the mayor.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2013
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High-stakes standardized testing: accountability, or inherent corruption?
Business leaders as well as educators have been tarnished by the scandal in Atlanta.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 1, 2013
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Welcome back from spring break, CPS teachers!
Chicago's public school teachers return from spring break to discover that a lot of things may soon disappear—like their jobs!
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 28, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's antipoverty program: Cruel to be kind
Mayor Emanuel came back from Utah with an interesting approach to ending poverty—give the poor more of it!
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2013
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Iranian-born artist Ario Mashayekhi on the curious timing of the CPS ban of Persepolis
"Censorship is not something new. It happens on and on and on. For the U.S., it's shocking. For me, it's expected."
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 25, 2013
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Mayor Downhill's leadership maxims
Rahm Emanuel at his peak
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2013
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County board prez: Why are we closing schools and packing the jail?
Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle rips the decision to shutter dozens of Chicago public schools.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 20, 2013
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To those Lane Tech kids protesting the purging of Persepolis
It isn't even the worst of the Emanuel administration's sins.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2013
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State rep Mayfield vs. Mayor Rahm: Round one to Rita!
State representative Rita Mayfield presses on with her plans to reform Chicago's TIF program.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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The deeper issue for Chicago schools
CPS doesn't have too few kids, but too many kids who are poor.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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School-closing bravado from our fearless aldermen
It's easy for aldermen to denounce the mayor's school closings when they don't have to vote against them.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 1, 2013
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School closings: The latest blow to neighborhoods already reeling from disinvestment
What's the cost of pulling the plug on public services in neighborhoods desperately in need of them?
