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School closing protesters take over Chicago board meeting

TIME Magazine just named “The Protester” their “Person of the Year,” saying, “In 2011, protesters didn’t just...

What a delight to read this in an editorial from former Illinois state legislator and retired executive director of Chicago’s Cross City...

I just sent a slightly edited version of this letter to Crain's Chicago Business in response to an op-ed by Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm...

We support democratic governance of public schools. Because public schools are responsible to the public, it is possible through elected school...

Fed Ed Head Arne Duncan campaigned hard for incumbent Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, based on Fenty's support of teacher-bashing, high...

The Sun-Times just posted this story: "After cutting the ribbon at a new West Rogers Park elementary school, Daley ridiculed all of the '...

Sunday's WBBM-AM's At Issue program wasn't a face-to-face debate between Bill Ayers and Mayor Daley. That just wouldn't have been...

How did News Radio 78 get Mayor Daley into a debate about the Chicago schools with Bill Ayers? Both men are retiring -- but that's about all...

It seems that every candidate for public office proclaims that he/she will be the "education" mayor/governor/president. Well, maybe this...

Mayor Daley finally listened to me. On May 23, 2009, I wrote that Daley had at least three strikes against him in the wake of a court ruling that...