Emanuel sitting down with city education leaders as he plots schools policy
Posted by John Chase at 4:46 p.m.
Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel is sitting down with some top local education leaders to fine-tune his platform on Chicago Public Schools, which he has said will be a major part of his campaign.
The former congressman and White house chief of staff met with nine local education organizers, including Penny Pritzker, who also served as President Barack Obama’s national finance chair in the 2008 campaign, an Emanuel campaign official said today.
Last week, Emanuel trickled out some details about his education platform to the Tribune, saying he would like to see a local, privately funded version of the federal education competition called Race to the Top, the signature Obama administration plan that rewarded states vowing to reform public schools. He also talked about increasing parental involvement.
Among those Emanuel met with included Ellen Alberding, president and a board member of the Joyce Foundation, which helped work on Illinois’ losing Race to the Top application; former
Among those Emanuel met with included Ellen Alberding, president and a board member of the Joyce Foundation, which helped work on Illinois’ losing Race to the Top application; former
