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Chicago: CTU Seeks Compensation for Teachers Who Lost Jobs in “Turnarounds,” Which Had Racially Disparate Impact

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 13, 2021December 14, 2021

December 13, 2021December 14, 2021025

Chicago was the starting place for Arne Duncan’s very bad ideas about school reform. Duncan boasted about how many schools he closed, working on the...

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Jan Resseger: The Disaster of Student-Based Budgeting

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 9, 2021October 10, 2021

October 9, 2021October 10, 2021034

Jan Resseger hopes that Pedro Martinez, the new superintendent in Chicago, will eliminate the disastrous policy of “student-based budgeting.” The importance of the topic is...

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Jan Resseger: Does Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Want to Return to Arne Duncan Era?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 28, 2021September 29, 2021

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021054

Jan Resseger is puzzled that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot selected San Antonio Superintendent Pedro Martinez to lead Chicago’s public schools. His experience and views overlap...

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Chicago Picks a Corporate Reformer as New Superintendent

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 23, 2021September 24, 2021

September 23, 2021September 24, 2021032

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot selected Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of the San Antonio School District, as the Windy City’s public schools. Martinez is a “reformer.” In...

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Chicago: Abandoned Schools, Overcrowded Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 5, 2021September 6, 2021

September 5, 2021September 6, 202103625

Mike Klonsky writes about the public schools that were closed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel (recently appointed as Ambassador to Japan). Emanuel ordered the closure...

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Chicago: Teachers Union Celebrates Law Creating an Elected School Board

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 30, 2021July 31, 2021

July 30, 2021July 31, 2021054

The public schools of Chicago have had an appointed school board for more than 150 years. In 1995, the law was changed to give the...

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Chicago Ends Arne Duncan’s Failed Strategy of “Turnaround” and “Disruption”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 3, 2021June 4, 2021

June 3, 2021June 4, 2021041

Way back in 2004, Chicago’s then-superintendent Arne Duncan announced a bold initiative that he called “Renaissance 2010.” He closed 80 public schools and opened 100...

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Illinois Restores Chicago Teachers’ Bargaining Rights

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 2, 2021April 3, 2021

April 2, 2021April 3, 2021065

Governor Pritzker (D) of Illinois signed legislation restoring the collective bargaining rights of the Chicago Teachers Union, which had been suspended since 1995 by a...