Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Where is Rahm Taking the Schools? | Deborah Meier on Education

Where is Rahm Taking the Schools? | Deborah Meier on Education:



Where is Rahm Taking the Schools?

This is an article by my dear friend Don rose, from the Chicago Daily Observer

No One Wants to Go to Charter Schools Anymore, Charter Schools are Too Crowded

by Done Rose
There are so many twists and turns in Rahm Emanuel’s school plans it’s hard to figure out exactly what he has in mind—apart from wrecking the Chicago Teachers Union.  He sure doesn’t seem to be helping the kids, which should be his first order of business.
 
    As noted in previous tirades, he’s closing about 50 schools and keeps coming up with different reasons why. Economics was the first line until some knowledgeable folk pointed out there would not be that much saving. He also posited that all the kids from closed schools would be going to better performing schools, which turned out to be another fiction. Add the fact that many classroom sizes will swell well beyond anyone’s idea of optimal for