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Schooling in the Ownership Society
Charter hustlers banned in N.J., welcomed with open arms in Florida
Gallon, Kemp and Kelly in 2010 court hearing where they are banned from operating charters in N.J.Former Plainfield superintendent and current charter school hustler Steve Gallon III's company, Tri-Star Leadership has been banned in the state of New Jersey. That in itself is no easy task to accomplish in the state where Gov. Christie has never met a corrupt charter operator he didn't adore. But no
Eric Holder turned into a political hack for Rahm
Shame on Attorney General Eric Holder for allowing himself and his office to be used to kickstart Rahm Emanuel's re-election campaign. Holder was in town Wednesday to hail the “amazing” turnaround in school safety since the 2009 beating death of Fenger Academy student Derrion Albert — even after 50 school closings.“There are a lot of great things going on in Chicago. There is an organized, a galva
JUL 03
ABC7 interviews Karen Lewis about possible run for mayor
ABC7's Ben Bradley sat down with Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis to discuss her possible run for mayor.
JUL 02
Removal of De Diego principal and AP at so-called 'welcoming school'
We don't know where nearly half of the students in Chicago's 50 closed schools wound up. We know that several thousand never showed up at their so-called "welcoming schools". I have personally counted many who showed up instead, in already-overcrowded inner-ring suburban schools as black families continue their out-migration from Chicago's south and west sides. Now I hear that Principal
Rahm still trying to put positive spin on Chicago rising gun violence
Rahm's PR team is trying to spin the slight reduction in Chicago murders as a plus for his policing policies even as our city's violence continues to outpace even New York and L.A..Leaving Chief McCarthy's propensity for fudging the numbers aside for a moment, what are we to make of the latest report coming out of City Hall on Chicago's killing fields. The good news, according to CPD body counters
JUL 01
SCOTUS decision deserves a stronger response than Schuette got
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. -- Frederick DouglassThe right wing has obviously figured out that that they can do just fine by neutering congress and relying on the Supreme Court and liberal compliance or passivity to roll back each and every hard-won civil rights victory of the past 50
JUN 30
Weekend Quotables
Byrd-Bennett takes umbrageBarbara Byrd-BennettShe also took umbrage with the use of the term "layoffs," instead preferring to call those who were released "impacted teachers." “I really want to correct the language because I think it’s misleading when we say ‘layoffs’ and it’s not semantics actually," the Sun-Times quoted Byrd-Bennett as saying. -- ChicagoistKaren LewisChi
JUN 28
Crain's Hinz tips business' hand on Lewis run for mayor
A good sign for Karen Lewis. She's already got them nervous. No sooner had she hinted that she was "seriously considering" a run for mayor than Greg Hinz at Crain's jumped out with a patronizing, borderline racist column, warning Lewis to rethink the prospect. If Hinz's column is any indicator, just the thought of her running has got the one-percenters' shorts in a twist.I say, borderlin