Media: Good Brizard, Bad Brizard - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Media: Good Brizard, Bad Brizard - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Media: Good Brizard, Bad Brizard

by Alexander Russo

There's lots of coverage of Brizard's appointment in the national media, some of it better than others. This bit from the Huffington Post captures some of Brizard's duality: New Chief Offers Two Different School Leadership Models On the one hand, he's a former principal with masters' degrees in school administration and science education. On the other hand, he's a graduate of the Broad Foundation's

Schools: Norwood Vs. "Friends Of Norwood"

by Alexander Russo

"Norwood Park Principal Joe Kallas recently stood before a room full of parents and warned that the school needs to raise at least $125,000 by the fall.But Kallas didn't mention that the nonprofit charity [Norwood Park School Education Foundation] that had supported the school since 2005, and to which many parents in the audience had already donated, still had more than $300,000 in its cash reserves." (Tribune) What really happened at Norwood,