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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jul 14, 2011
Rahm Emanuel's report card so far: there's room for improvement

Grades on budget, economic development, personnel, police, and schools
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, budget, economic development, personnel, police, schools, Chicago, politics

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Music, Music Feature, Apr 23, 2013
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap

The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.
- by Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, hip-hop, Hannibal Buress, release parties, Sulaiman, King Louie, Treated Crew, Chance the Rapper, schools, Taylor Bennett, Closed Sessions, Ruby Hornet, Alex Fruchter, In Rod We Lust, Roosevelt University, Lincoln Park, Rodney Kyles Jr., Blended Babies, Patrick Corcoran, Peter Cottontale, Caleb James, Vic Mensa, Nico Segal, Stefan Ponce, Oak Park River Forest High School, Advocate Illinois Medical Center, ThemPeople, L-Boogie, Chuck Inglish, Lili K., Fake Shore Drive, Red Bull Sound Select, SXSW, South by Southwest, ShowYouSuck, Cool Kids, Chancelor Bennett, Chief Keef, mixtapes, rap, Acid Rap, Andrew Barber, Save Money, Kids These Days, Lincoln Hall, Danny Brown, Childish Gambino, XXL, Pitchfork, videos, Austin Vesely, dance, humor, Chatham neighborhood, Ken Williams-Bennett, Kanye West, Chef Sean, rappers, Jones College Prep, YouMedia, Harold Washington Lirbrary, Young Chicago Authors, Lounder Than a Bomb, open mikes, YCA, Kevin Coval, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 12, 2011
A move to take back TIFs

A big week of Chicago protest rolls on, with demonstrators targeting banks and TIFs.
- by Mark Bergen
- Tags: Money, Chicagoland, $$$, Take Back Chicago, Occupy Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, budget, TIFs, mayor, schools, education, SEIU, CTU, teachers union, protests

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Blogs, Bleader, May 16, 2011
In Inauguration Speech, Mayor Emanuel Commits to Change, Then Commits Again, and Again ...
- by Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago, Richard M. Daley, City Council, schools, school reform, unions, Chicago Police Department, change, reform

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Feb 26, 2013
Chicago's new BFF is a legislator from Waukegan

State representative Rita Mayfield isn't from the city, but who else is sticking up for its taxpayers?
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rita Mayfield, Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Jean-Claude Brizard, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, HB 197, TIFs, Illinois General Assembly, Laura Farr, Patrick O'Connor, 40th Ward, Chicago City Council, tax increment financing, tax caps, school funding, schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, property taxes, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, education, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, Kenneth Dunkin, Esther Golar, Marcus Evans Jr., Monique Davis, Camille Lily, Waukegan

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News & Features, Feature, Jan 23, 2013
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A tough lesson about the N-word

Should a Chicago Public Schools teacher have used "nigger" in a sixth-grade class?
- by Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Lincoln Brown, Rick Ross, Greg Mason, Murray Language Academy, Chicago Board of Education, CPS, Neil Lester, Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center, Chicago Public Schools, free speech, n-word, schools, teachers, teaching, Rashida Foluke, Randall Kennedy, race, Mos Def, Jeff Miller, words, First Amendment

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News & Features, Feature, Feb 28, 1991
A School Fit for Children

"This is our dream school. For years we have been thinking about it. We want it to be the most functional and beautiful school in the world. We want it to crystallize in architecture the best educational practices we can evolve."--Winnetka schools superin
- by Grant Pick
- Tags: Feature, Ed Zwick, schools, Winnetka, Crow Island School, Carleton Washburne

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News & Features, Ben Joravsky on Politics, Jan 29, 2013
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Mayor Emanuel swears he's not interested in running for president

So of course he is.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, presidential elections, Barack Obama, teachers, Hilary Clinton, 60 Minutes, Rod Blagojevich, Richard M. Daley, libraries, Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times, The White House, New York Times, national press, Chicago Tribune, guns, schools, casinos, Olympics

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 7, 2008
Shooting at Crane Prep High School

A shooting at Crane Prep, a day after the city increased police video access to CPS schools.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Crime, Schools, Crane Prep

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 28, 2006
Monday Morning Mania

Carson's end, the one thing teachers want most, why Judy shouldn't like conservatives, and why Chicago shouldn't follow northwest Indiana's lead.
- by Harold Henderson
- Tags: Chicago, Education, Teachers, Casinos, Schools, Architecture, Carson'S, State Street, Alan Keyes, Judy Baar Topinka, Lynn Becker

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 16, 2007
For $40 million you can build hundreds of schools

You can do a lot of good in Africa with a lot less than $40 million.
- by Harold Henderson
- Tags: Schools, Cal Skinner, RISE International, Oprah Winfrey, Angola

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 20, 2007
No class

The horror, the horror: Ruby Payne makes money conveying information that academics have failed to convey.
- by Harold Henderson
- Tags: Academia, Schools, Class, Ruby Payne, Nancy Flanagan

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 13, 2007
Somewhere Harold Ross is grinning from ear to ear

The best piece of journalism I've read in months.
- by Harold Henderson
- Tags: Schools, New Yorker, Katherine Boo, Denver

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Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.

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The prestigious University of Chicago Lab Schools respect and reward teachers—so why can't the public schools?

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How the school "consolidation" plan could make teaching and learning even harder.

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The New York Times columnist pens a love letter to Rahm.

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A close look at how Chicago officials shutter public schools

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Grades on budget, economic development, personnel, police, and schools

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The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.

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A big week of Chicago protest rolls on, with demonstrators targeting banks and TIFs.

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State representative Rita Mayfield isn't from the city, but who else is sticking up for its taxpayers?

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Should a Chicago Public Schools teacher have used "nigger" in a sixth-grade class?

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"This is our dream school. For years we have been thinking about it. We want it to be the most functional and beautiful school in the world. We want it to crystallize in architecture the best educational practices we can evolve."--Winnetka schools superin

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So of course he is.

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A shooting at Crane Prep, a day after the city increased police video access to CPS schools.

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Carson's end, the one thing teachers want most, why Judy shouldn't like conservatives, and why Chicago shouldn't follow northwest Indiana's lead.

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You can do a lot of good in Africa with a lot less than $40 million.

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The horror, the horror: Ruby Payne makes money conveying information that academics have failed to convey.

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The best piece of journalism I've read in months.