The Empire Strikes Back
Emanuel/Daley rift sharpens
The rift surfaced back in November. Actually, autocrat Rahm started it with his pokes at his predecessor.
His line of attack has been the longer school day initiative. His education plan is essentially a continuation of the failed Daley/Duncan reforms, previously known as Renaissance 2010 -- school closings in under-served communities, turning neighborhood schools over to private charter school management companies, attacking teacher collective-bargaining rights and pensions.
None of these things has ever produced any significant improvement in measurable student learning. In fact, during the past two decades of mayoral control of the schools, the so-called "achievement gap" has grown wider.
In response, Rahm claims it's all because Mayor Daley didn't push for a longer school day -- a plan that has no basis in ed research and one that is being met with growing opposition among parents and teachers. The Daley
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His line of attack has been the longer school day initiative. His education plan is essentially a continuation of the failed Daley/Duncan reforms, previously known as Renaissance 2010 -- school closings in under-served communities, turning neighborhood schools over to private charter school management companies, attacking teacher collective-bargaining rights and pensions.
None of these things has ever produced any significant improvement in measurable student learning. In fact, during the past two decades of mayoral control of the schools, the so-called "achievement gap" has grown wider.
In response, Rahm claims it's all because Mayor Daley didn't push for a longer school day -- a plan that has no basis in ed research and one that is being met with growing opposition among parents and teachers. The Daley
