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Schooling in the Ownership Society
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Schooling in the Ownership Society
Sen. Kirk has outdone himself
Our "moderate" Republican Senator Mark Kirk, who has called for the mass incarceration of 18,000 young black men as a crime-fighting strategy, has outdone himself this time. Kirk, who has to legitimize himself with his anti-immigrant base, is now demanding criminal background checks on all unaccompanied children that have crossed the U.S. border with Mexico looking for sanctuary.FREE WRI
YESTERDAY
Byrd-Bennett's Folly
WHO BESIDES THE MAYOR and BBB thought this was a good idea? When CPS officials first announced the plan to borrow two months' worth of revenue from the 2015-16 school year to pay for 2014-15 expenses, Catalyst reported on the plan with skepticism and incredulity. Now the Tribune does the same:The money grab would be a "bridge," they said, to "help us get to structural reforms."
JUL 10
More fudging the numbers on Chicago's horrific gun violence
Gwen Ifill interviews Chicago Tonight's Paris Shutz on the PBS News Hour about the city's killing fields, after the horrible July 4th weekend when 82 people were shot, 14 fatally. Nobody seems to have a handle on the actual numbers from that weekend and PBS strangely offers three different weekend shooting totals ("up to 80", "58 people were injured in 50 shootings", "at l
JUL 08
Rahm: 'Don't ask, don't tell' on shootings
Edward Marshall, Political Producer for WBBM TV/CBS2 Tweets:We are not to ask @RahmEmanuel questions about weekend violence say his press team. — Edward Marshall (@edmarshallcbs2) July 7, 2014I can understand why the Little Emperor is refusing to take questions about the horrific July 4th weekend shootings. He has no clothes.Weekend shooting victimsRahm has already called in national Democratic Pa
Rahm tries to outflank unions and political opponents on minimum wage
Members of the Progressive Caucus, including Aldermen Bob Fioretti (2nd), Roderick Sawyer (6th) and Scott Waguespack (32nd), proposed raising Chicago's minimum wage to $15 an hour. | Al Podgorski~Sun-TimesThe Little Emperor is caught between a rock and a hard place on the minimum wage. Unions and community groups want the MW raised to $15. Rahm's corporate patrons want something far less are even
JUL 07
Weekend Quotables
"Vergara was the straw that broke the camel's back.The Secretary's response to the Vergara verdict—it was just shameful. And it underscored his lack of understanding." -- CTA Pres. Dean Vogel Dennis Van Roekel, outgoing NEA president"Let's be clear—we as educators are not opposed to tests. Good God, we invented them! But we know that the purpose of testing should be to drive lear