In Chicago control by the mayor has meant greater racial segregation.
It cannot be a shock to hear that the Chicago school system under the control of Mayor Daley has become even more racially segregated than ever. And it cannot be a surprise that the gap between minority and white students has grown even wider.
Yet we have data that demonstrates those two facts and supports the call for an elected school board.
A study by two University of Illinois at Chicago professors Thursday dumped on the idea of a Chicago Public Schools “miracle’’ under Mayor Daley and pushed for an elected — rather than appointed — school board to move city schools forward.
The disparities between black and white students, and between Latino and white students, have only grown larger under Daley, creating a “two-tier” public