- News & Features, Politics, Feb 23, 2012
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The Reader goes to charter school
A visit with UNO's Juan Rangel
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2012
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Sunny's Opus—a new twist on an old story
How a charter school becomes a haven for a great teacher who should never have been "redefined"
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 13, 2012
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Education the New Trier way—Mayor Rahm can learn from his alma mater
As with libraries, they know how to run the schools in Mayor Emanuel's hometown
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 8, 2012
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Memo to Mayor Rahm: You won!
Mayor Emanuel takes a page from the Right—pretending that everyone's against him
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 6, 2012
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Teach the children: Taking TIFs to high school students
Public high school students figure out the TIF scam—what's the matter with the rest of Chicago?
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Feb 2, 2012
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The trip that sank before it sailed
A retired CPS teacher gets feisty after being robbed of a classical music cruise
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2012
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Wake up, everybody: Linda Lutton tells it like it is about CPS
Linda Lutton and other reporters blow the whistle on the CPS rent-a-protester movement.
- 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 4, 2011
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UNO's Juan Rangel sweet-talks the City Club
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 4, 2011
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Chicago's TIF scam: kids don't matter
The TIF-After School Matters connection
- 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, 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 19, 2011
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A sociological case study: Why Chicagoans don't care about teachers . . .
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 9, 2011
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Everything you need to know about Ken Davis and his show on CAN TV
- 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, Feature, Aug 25, 2011
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Back to School
Seven past and present Chicagoans revisit their wonder years
- 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 27, 2011
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Marc Lazar, autism specialist: "In a situation like that, I would think, 'I want this girl to like me.' All this guy was thinking was, 'I want this girl to call me back.'"
This week's Chicagoan: Marc Lazar, autism specialist
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 21, 2011
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Public schools, private budgets
Charter schools are the fastest-growing part of Chicago's public education system, but how they spend our tax money is mostly a secret
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 21, 2011
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Charter schools report card
How Chicago's charters responded to our FOIA, from "didn't even bother with a lame excuse" to "gold star!"
