Speaking of turning up the heat...
How would you like to be a student at Penn Elementary School in North Lawndale as temperature rose above 100°? Penn is one of 238 Chicago public schools holding 56,000 students this summer, most of which have no air conditioning. Rahm Emanuel has touted a longer school year as his main reform initiative.
From the Sun-Times:
“The kids are miserable. They don’t have energy. They’re just