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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday? « Fred Klonsky

Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday? « Fred Klonsky:


Were Chicago charter school operators the biggest losers yesterday?

Reading this morning’s newspapers (online, of course. I don’t buy those two rags) and reading the pundits, everyone is talking happy about yesterday’s announcement that the CTU and the CPS have reached a tentative agreement on the longer school day.
CTU President Karen Lewis was very clear, however. There is a lot yet to bargain.
My in box was loaded with emails this morning asking if we could trade our leaders for the CTU?
“We have to make our own leaders,” is my answer.
The story that didn’t get much coverage yesterday is the unhappy looks on the faces of Chicago’s charter school