In the News: Rahm Emanuel, education reformer
The Atlantic offers up profile of Mayor Rahm Emanuel that among other aspects of his administration looks at his education reform policies, including his rocky relationship with Chicago Teachers Union...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel asks middle-class parents to stay
During an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday — the same day he announced he was doubling the size of an International Baccalaureate diploma program in the Chicago Public Schools — Mayor...
View ArticleEmanuel backtracks on longer school day
Under pressure from parents who oppose a 7.5 hour school day, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that 7 hours would be enough for elementary school students. “No longer will we have to make false...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel gets his grades—on education
Catalyst Chicago Publisher Linda Lenz analyzes Mayor Emanuel’s education initiatives for a special issue of Crain’s Chicago Business on the mayor’s first year in office. Former Mayor Richard M. Daley,...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel attends NewSchools Summit
In a wide-ranging discussion Mayor Rahm Emanuel closed down the NewSchools Venture Fund-Aspen Institute Summit on Education Innovation Wednesday in San Francisco. During a speech and interview, Emanuel...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel gets a lesson from CTU
The Sun-Times says Mayor Emanuel is learning a lesson from teachers in the union contract flap, after two legislative moves he championed—the 75 percent strike authorization threshold and the...
View ArticleWhy this parent blames the mayor for teachers strike
My kid is in a Chicago public school—a really good one, with selective enrollment, great teachers, and a great new “green” school building that is LEED-certified - but has no air conditioning. And...
View ArticleUnion to vote Tuesday: Suspend strike or go back to negotiations
On Tuesday, one of two things will happen in the ongoing Chicago teachers strike: The House of Delegates will suspend the strike, or they will send their leaders back to the negotiation table—a move...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel ad puts spin on strike outcome
With help from his well-funded political allies and the resources of the Chicago Public Schools system that he controls, Emanuel is describing the tentative contract that emerged from the...
View ArticleIn the News: Public finds fault with Rahm's TV ad
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's post-strike TV commercial, which has been getting lots of airplay and is said to have cost around $1 million, seems not to match up with reality, says Chicago Now blogger Barb...
View ArticleFor the Record: Mayor Emanuel’s ad
In the wake of the recent teachers’ strike, the September board meeting started out as mostly a congratulatory session among board members, district officials and the union leadership, who lauded each...
View ArticleEmanuel chooses seasoned leader in Byrd-Bennett
In officially announcing that Jean-Claude Brizard was resigning and Barbara Byrd-Bennett was taking over, Mayor Rahm Emanuel refused to say how his first hand-picked school leader fell short. But in...
View ArticleIn the News: CPS gets web development courses
Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week announced a new partnership between Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago and Chicago-based startup The Starter League to provide new web development courses...
View ArticleIn the News: Environmental concerns at proposed CPS site
Mayor Rahm Emanuel pitched plans Sunday evening for a new elementary school on the city's Southeast Side, but some parents are concerned about the potentially toxic soil, nearby highway and the...
View ArticleIn the News: Emanuel defends new schools, additions
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended his decision to build new schools and school additions, even after closing nearly 50 schools and laying off 3,000 school employees to close a $1 billion deficit...
View ArticleIn the News: CPS to get $90 million for capital spending
A week ago, the same mayor who wanted schools closed and has denied declaring a TIF surplus announced the beginning of a school building boom. During a four-day stretch, Mayor Rahm Emanuel doled out...
View ArticleIn the News: Mayor Emanuel mum on UNO troubles
Mayor Rahm Emanuel had little to say Monday about embattled charter school network UNO that is the subject of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. The politically-connected Latino...
View ArticleEmanuel says Marine Academy to take over Ames School
UPDATE: CPS officials now say that Ames will convert to a military school and add high school grades, but that Marine Math and Science Academy will not move into the Ames building, according to WBEZ...
View ArticleIn the News: Tax funds going to CPS students, city says
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has agreed to reduce the size of his proposed cigarette tax increase, but Chicago is still poised to have the highest per-pack tax in the nation. About $1 million of the new money...
View ArticleMayor's committee releases recommendations for vacant schools
Maintaining vacant schools would cost the Chicago Public Schools some $3.5 million a year, according to a report issued Friday by the mayor’s Advisory Committee for School Repurposing and Community...
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