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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day:


Daley strikes back with poke at longer school day


The growing rift between Rahm Emanuel and former Mayor Daley has begun to surface publicly. Daley is punching back (well, maybe slapping is a better word) at Rahm's longer-school-day initiative.
Lengthening the school day at Chicago public schools is a key part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s agenda, but his predecessor doesn’t think it’s the answer to providing a better education. “At first I thought it was, but I don’t think so,” former Mayor Richard M. Daley said in an interview Monday night on WLS-Channel 7 News.