Fist-of-Money-1Uh-oh?  Chicagoist has a story about a [low-level] CPS employee working to create a new charter school in the Pershing network.  And Catalyst notes a Substance article about a [presumably part-time and very lucrative] coaching contract Byrd-Bennett has with the Broad Foundation [whose head is a major Democratic fundraiser and considered by some to be the Darth Vader of school reform].
Also: More news about how CPS is going to pay for and roll out the full-day Kindergarten plan. There's also a new sex ed program in the works, complete with information about sexual orientation.
CLOUT / CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
Byrd-Bennett on Broad Academy payroll Catalyst:  Substance News has obtained a document through a Freedom of Information Act request that