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Monday, April 18, 2011

Rahm’s Schools Agenda | Rahmapalooza Blowback | Blago, the Sequel / Chicago News Cooperative

Rahm’s Schools Agenda | Rahmapalooza Blowback | Blago, the Sequel / Chicago News Cooperative

Rahm’s Schools Agenda | Rahmapalooza Blowback | Blago, the Sequel

NEW (LONGER) DAY AT SCHOOL?
The Chicago News Cooperative looks at the obstacles that stand between new school-reform legislation and turning Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s campaign promise of a longer school day into reality. http://bit.ly/hCTU5i

A charter school advocate summed it up for CNC columnist James Warren: “The mayor-elect just got dealt a much better hand.” http://bit.ly/eti3wy

RAHMAPALOOZA
The Tribune’s Eric Zorn contrasts the Emanuel inauguration plans with the far more modest festivities that marked the beginning of Richard M