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Nettelhorst Elementary was a failing educational backwater in Lake View when some determined moms got involved—and sparked a tremendous improvement, making it one of the most celebrated tales in Chicago urban education, a story by Beth Wilson in Chicago Magazine reports.
WBEZ's Linda Lutton reports on CPS interim CEO Terry Mazany's speech to business and civic leaders at the City Club.
In a Letter to the Editor, UIC professor Pauline Lipman writes, "The Chicago Tribune has it wrong in its support for status quo mayoral control of Chicago Public Schools." Chicago's schools, contrary to what the Tribune editorial board says, haven't been that successful under Mayor Daley's control. "Under the failed Renaissance 2010 policy, school closings have resulted in the