Robin rocks
FOX Chicago’s Robin Robinson has been taking a no-nonsense approach to public education in Chicago for a while (disclaimer – I’ve been on her schools segment a couple of times).
She actually asks the questions WE would ask – the ones that we usually end up shouting at the TV during these interviews.
Last night she really put CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard to the test on the subject of school closings:
Robin: “Around those school actions there’s a lot of angst. Parents who say, ‘What about the upheaval in those students’ lives, those neighborhoods?’ ”
Brizard responds that CPS doesn’t do that any more, they’re moving students to better schools or leaving them