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Renaissance Schools Fund, which for the last six years has poured enough startup money into new charter schools to triple their number in the Chicago Public Schools system announces a new $60 million venture fund to add 50 more charter schools. The fund will focus on replicating successful charters in Chicago and bringing in high-performing charter schools from out of state. Additionally, the group plans to drop Mayor Richard Daley's "Renaissance" moniker and take on a new name: New Schools for Chicago. (Tribune)
Saying that "Team Emanuel" was not happy with his Wednesday column in theTribune listing numerous reports largely critical of the mayor-elect's choice to run Chicago Public Schools, Eric Zorn in the last two days talked with those who had more positive, laudatory comments about Jean-Claude Brizard.
Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters of respondents to this week’s Rochester Business Journal Daily Report Snap Poll said Jean-Claude Brizard’s departure will be a negative for the Rochester City School District.
Austin Polytechnical Academy, a public school established in 2007 to help
