Mike Klonsky's Blog

Marching through the rain yesterday through Chicago Loop.  Visitors in town yesterday from the west coast were awed by this city's p...

Substance photo "She will be a real asset to those that work with her," says Michael Sacks, CEO of Grosvenor Capital Manage...

Thanks to Kenyon super Prof. Peter Rutkoff for inviting us to come engage with students at Kenyon College yesterday. Undergrads we met, i...

At a news conference with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, CTA President Forrest Claypool talks about making the Red Line trains run on time.. (Sun-Tim...

“I think Barbara Byrd Bennett's legacy is going to be she'll be remembered by educators and community members as the person who s...

The Synesi/SUPES Connection  Once S-T reporters finally  discovered the Synesi/SUPES connection in the current federal investigation...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett claim credit for a reported 4% bump in CPS grad rates .  Rahm Eman...

"My best meeting with him was off stage, away from the lights at a private table in a steakhouse." -- J.C. Brizard  CPS gran...

Byrd-Bennett Barbara Byrd-Bennett (for future reference) “I’m here for the long haul. I don’t know what to do other than sign in blood...

What we all knew months ago is now official. Jean-Claude ( "Don't call me a puppet" ) Brizard is out. Barbara Byrd-Bennett i...

At Peet's this morning, I'm practically choking on my coffee while reading, "CPS’s How To Guide for workers at strike conting...

Dizzy with success While Rahm and Brizard become delirious over a slight bump in ACT scores, Bob Schaeffer helps us understand why, ...

Matt Farmer on Clemente paper trail My June 25th post about "Rahm's Monday Massacre at Clemente" caused quite a stir. As ...

There's a man going 'round taking names There's a man going 'round taking names He's been taking my father's name ...

Teachers returned to work in Chicago schools without a contract. But CEO Brizard is telling everyone that the new contract is a sure bet.  ...

Thousands of union members and workers rallied in Philadelphia's Center City Saturday afternoon. While labor is obviously supporting Ob...

"Firing teachers is not a school improvement strategy...Killing a neighborhood school is like putting a knife into the hear...

Rahm feeling the pressure With national elections drawing near and a threatened teachers strike only 30 days away, Rahm is feeling press...

Despite Rahm/Brizard making a total fetish of testing while diverting thousands of hours of classroom time and millions of badly-needed ...

The joke is on us. While all of us were focused on the firing of at least 22 Clemente teachers last week, over at the Clark St. wing of Ci...