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Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2015
Video
Saving CPS from the people who run it

If you missed the show—and even if you were there—here's the video of the second annual First Tuesday education summit, where we tried to figure out how to save our schools from the people who are running them.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Education, News, Politics, First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Lauren FitzPatrick, Sarah Karp, Becky Vevea, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Tim Tuten, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2015
Three of Chicago's best education reporters talk about CPS at the Hideout summit Tuesday

This week three great local education reporters—Sarah Karp, Lauren FitzPatrick, and Becky Vevea—join the Reader's Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky for First Tuesdays at the Hideout to discuss schools in Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Politics, News, Mick Dumke, the Hideout, Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Mayor Emanuel, Sarah Karp, Lauren FitzPatrick, Chicago Sun-Times, Becky Vevea, WBEZ, Linda Lutton, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia, Tim Tuten

Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2013
It took two: WBEZ's education reporters receive national honors

Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea win national awards for education coverage at WBEZ.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Education, Media, News, Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea, WBEZ, Chicago Public Media, This American Life, Harper High School, Third Coast International Audio Festival, Boston University, Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize

Columns & Opinion, On Media Aug 14, 2013
The highs and lows of longtime WBEZ visionary Torey Malatia

Twenty years is a long time for anyone to run anything.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Michael Miner on Media, Torey Malatia, Chicago Public Media, CPM, radio, digital media, WBEZ, Becky Vevea, Linda Lutton, radio programming, Steve Baird, Baird & Warner, Elspeth Revere, MacArthur Foundation, Ira Glass, This American Life, Nick Rabkin, Vocalo, Robert Feeder, Chicago Sun-Times, bloggers, salaries, budgets, Donna Moore, Alison Scholly, journalism, Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, Slivia Rivera, Time Out Chicago, nonprofit organizations

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2013
At risk: The education beat at WBEZ

Is the station's pledge drive missing a bet?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, WBEZ, education coverage, Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea, This American Life, Harper High School, Jerome McDonnell, Shannon Heffernan, Sally Eisele, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Public Media, Daniel Ash

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 13, 2013
The madness behind Mayor Emanuel's methods

In pressing for school closings and a new meter deal, Rahm doesn't let facts get in the way.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, neighborhoods, parking, school utilization, WBEZ, Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea, facts, parking meters, lawsuits, constitutionality, true-up payments, school closings, Walter Burnett Jr., schools, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Parking Meters, privatization, Clint Krislov, CPM, Mick Dumke, Board of Education, City Council, Near South Side, DePaul University, hotels, sports arenas, basketball, broken promises, taxes, police hiring, TIF reform, TIFs, tax increment financing, subsidies

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2013
The need for charter schools: The Tribune overstates the case

How many kids wait for places in Chicago's charter schools? Surely not 19,000.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Education, Media, News, Chicago Tribune, charter school waiting lists, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, Andrew Broy, Sheila McAulife, Bruce Dold, Youth Connection Charter School, WBEZ, Becky Vevea

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