- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2013
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Looks like Governor Quinn will have to save us from Mayor Rahm—again!
Let's add Governor Quinn's name to the long list of people Mayor Rahm won't talk to.
- 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.
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 7, 2013
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The school model that's good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel
The prestigious University of Chicago Lab Schools respect and reward teachers—so why can't the public schools?
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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Will anyone challenge Mayor Emanuel in 2015? Anyone? Anyone?
A short list of people who, under some circumstance, could challenge Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2013
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Will the standardized testing boycott spread to Chicago?
"We are likely to start seeing a more active anti-testing movement in Chicago," CTU president Karen Lewis says.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's new advisory board: Advise and consent but no dissent
Emanuel names an advisory board to advise the Infrastructure Trust to do whatever he tells them
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 26, 2012
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The Reader's second annual awards for political "achievement"
Honoring some of the more notable deeds from our elected leaders in 2012
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Vote yes for an elected school board!
Democracy in Chicago: Some voters, but not all, get to weigh in on an elected school board
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2012
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Governor Quinn brings Diane Ravitch to Chicago
Was the governor sending a message to Mayor Rahm when he invited Diane Ravitch, the anti-school reform reformer, to Chicago?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2012
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Hey, charterheads: let's make love, not war!
In the name of peace, I offer the following olive branch to charterheads: let's only compare charter schools to magnet schools
- 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, Sep 19, 2012
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Democracy is messy—welcome to the teachers' union
Why teachers' union politics gets a little messy
- News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 3, 2012
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The Rahmney plan for schools
Mitt's approach to education sounds a lot like Mayor Emanuel's
- News & Features, Feature, Jun 28, 2012
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The mayor's millionaire club, part II
A look at Rahm Emanuel's calendar shows how wealth and access, far more than party identity or ideology, have come to comand the attention of politicians—leaving everyday people out of the conversation
- Best of Chicago, City Life, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Politician Guided by a What-the-Fuck-Do-I-Have-to-Lose Attitude
Robert Fioretti
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 13, 2012
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CTU strike authorization: breaking the news to Mayor Rahm
Here's hoping that President Obama force Mayor Rahm to make peace with the Chicago Teachers Union
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2012
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Mayor Rahm and the f-bomb: a critical study
Mayor Emanuel is selective about whom he drops the f-bomb on.
- News & Features, Politics, Dec 29, 2011
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Our first-ever awards for 'achievement' in local politics
Honoring the deeds and misdeeds of 2011 at the city, county, and state level
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2011
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Mayor Emanuel jacks up Misericordia's water bills
What passes for reform in Emanuel's Chicago: Jacking up water bills
- 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
