Gang expert Hagedorn warns federal judge to stop Chicago school closings
John Hagedorn A SmallTalk salute goes out to UIC prof John Hagedorn for speaking truth to power during a second day of testimony before a federal judge who's considering a temporary injunction to stop the district from closing dozens of schools, nearly all in the city's mainly black south and west-side communities.John, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Illinois-Chicago's Great Cities
LSC revolt grows against Rahm's budget slashing
Bell's LSC meets in response to Rahm's budget slashing. (Sun-Times)
Parents, teachers, and faculty of Audubon Elementary voted Wednesday to reject, for the second time, a sharply reduced budget. Even with an extra $100,000 dollars in hush moneynow being offered by CPS, the budget of the Roscoe Village school would have been about $300,000 less than last year’s budget, a reduction that leaves the art and music teaching positions, as well as several administrative jobs, in jeopardy.
The Sun-Times reports that six schools, all in well-to-do areas, so far have rejected their
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| Bell's LSC meets in response to Rahm's budget slashing. (Sun-Times) |
The Sun-Times reports that six schools, all in well-to-do areas, so far have rejected their
Who will 'reform' the reformers?
"Please stop 'reforming' Pelican Bay, writes Truthout's Maya Schenwar.
These changes constitute "reforms" in the way that school closings in poor communities have been dubbed "education reform," or the way in which Reagan's tax cuts for the super-wealthy were championed as "tax reform." Early advocates of the prison system—the folks who brought us solitary confinement in the first place—called themselves "reformers," too.Also see Pelican Bay prisoner, J. Baridi Williamson's piece