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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 14, 2013
Mayor Emanuel's FOIA policy: Don't ask because we won't tell

As a Chicago parent discovered, city officials can't hand over records if they've already destroyed them.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, longer school day, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Jean-Calude Brizard, Glenn Krellparents, Chicago Tribune, Lisa Madigan, public records, Illinois attorney general, North Side High School, Payton High School, high schools, transparency, CPS, My Cousin Vinny, Austin Pendleton, Jeffrey P. Smith, Evanston, laws, Chicago Public Schools

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, May 7, 2013
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?
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, American Federation of Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, teaching, teachers, unions, labor, class size, schools, education, school principals, peer review, classroom evaluations, teacher evaluations, University of Chicago Lab Schools, CPS, Allison Bates, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Robert Zimmer, curriculum, International Baccalaureate, Lincoln Park High School, Taft High School, Hyde Park High School, Senn High School, longer school day, parents, Faculty Administration, school governance, Karen Lewis, Persepolisgate, Persepolis, academic freedom

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Apr 2, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel's crowded-classroom approach to fixing schools

How the school "consolidation" plan could make teaching and learning even harder.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, CPS, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, special education, Chicago Public Schools, schools, special education, school closings, Dever Elemteray School, Dunning, Kerry Murphy, Tilly Tremmel, school consolidation, teachers, parents, longer school day, Richard M. Daley, William Banks, school libraries, libraries, school utilizaton, neighborhoods

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 14, 2013
Good luck finding the documents that explain CPS's longer school day

Conclusions to draw from a yearlong Freedom of Information Act battle between the Chicago Public Schools and Glenn Krell, an intrepid north-side parent.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, teachers, teachers' strike, Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, Jean-Claude Brizard, Glenn Krell, parents, longer school day, decision-making, Arne Duncan, Lisa Madigan, Illinois attorney general, Sara Gadola Gallagher

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Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2012
Mayor Daley for mayor!

Mayor Daley sees the light on Mayor Rahm's longer school day
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Education, Politics, Clout City, Mayor Richard Daley, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, longer school day

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 29, 2011
Wake up, Chicago Teachers Union

Mayor Emanuel has changed the rules—and you need to get in the game
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Chicago Teachers Union, Rahm Emanuel, longer school day, Chicago Public Schools, education, union busting, pay raise, droupout rate, TIFs, 2016 Olympics, Debbie Lynch, Marilyn Stewart, Karen Lewis, John Kugler

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Sep 22, 2011
Mayor union-buster

Rahm Emanuel fights the Chicago Teachers Union over a longer school day–and it’s not about the kids
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, longer school day, block 37, United Neighborhood Organization

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