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Monday, June 21, 2010

The Educated Reporter: Do you care where your child’s teacher lives?

The Educated Reporter: Do you care where your child’s teacher lives?
THE EDUCATED REPORTER

MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2010


Do you care where your child’s teacher lives?

Can anyone explain to me the point of school system residency requirements? Julie Deardroff of the Chicago Tribune brings us an egregious example—though maybe it is a typical example—of such a policy in action. A school social worker donated a kidney to his supermarket checker, and Chicago Public Schools wants to fire him because he doesn’t