Recent Contributions
A Dilemma For Schools Seeking To Reform
by SARAH KARP | Nov 20, 2010
On the eve of a Board of Education meeting in February where the death knell was to sound for five schools, Ron Huberman, the chief executive of Chicago Public Schools, granted an 11th-hour reprieve.
Many Chicago Charter Schools Run Deficits, Data Shows
by SARAH KARP | Aug 12, 2010
Even as the Obama administration promotes charter schools as a way to help raise the academic performance of the nation’s students, half of Chicago’s charter schools have been running deficits in recent years, an analysis of financial and budget documents shows, calling into question their financial viability.