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Schools Matter: Wow, There's a Chicago Mayoral Candidate that Favors Democratically-Controlled Public Schools

Schools Matter: Wow, There's a Chicago Mayoral Candidate that Favors Democratically-Controlled Public Schools

Wow, There's a Chicago Mayoral Candidate that Favors Democratically-Controlled Public Schools

No, it's not Reptilian Rahm or Mosely-Braun or Gery Chico. It's Danny Davis for Mayor. From the Chicago Tribune:

The major candidates in the Chicago mayor's race are split on today's proposal that the city’s school board be elected instead of appointed by the mayor, though none of them embraced the plan wholeheartedly.

Three candidates --- former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, ex-U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun