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Communities demand major changes in capital planning |
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By George N. Schmidt
After more than a year’s work with dozens of community leaders,
Chicago’s Neighborhood Capital Budget Group (NCGB) at a January 25
press briefing announced the release of a report entitled “Building a
Vision for Chicago’s Schools and Neighborhoods: A Framework for a
Facilities Master Plan.” The plan was developed by a 27-member planning
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City Colleges bosses retaliate after strike wins |
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By George N. Schmidt
 More than two months after the official end of the three-week strike of
the Cook Country College Teachers Union (CCCTU), Chicago’s city
colleges were still in turmoil because of the insistence of colleges
administrators, all appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, to retaliate
against those who supported the strike.
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Editorial: Chicago’s dubious First Amendment anniversaries |
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If Chicago had either major media committed to Freedom of the Press or
a civil liberties community truly committed to the First Amendment,
January 26, 2005 would surely have been noted by the newspapers and
civil libertarians.
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The Resistance: Casting a Broad Net of Influence |
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By Susan Ohanian
According to the Broad Foundation website (http:// www.broad
foundation.org/), its plan is to “redefine the traditional roles,
practices, and policies of school board members, superintendents,
principals, and labor union leaders to better address contemporary
challenges in education.” Broad’s deep pockets mean it gets to define
those challenges. Follow Broad money: A pattern emerges of business and
foundation money moving in on local elections. Founder Eli Broad was
influential in getting the Los Angeles superintendency for former
Colorado governor Roy Romer, and it’s no coincidence that the Broad
Foundation gave its first urban ed prize to Houston — with Rod Paige at
the helm. A tight circle of backslapping and influence peddling reigns.
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Without discussion, the Chicago Board of Education at its January 26
meeting approved the creation of expansion of 14 charter schools and
other alternative schools. The approval followed a ceremonial event at
which Greg Richmond, who heads the Board of Education’s office of new
school planning, was surrounded, for the second time in two weeks, by
the Board’s charter school promoters and their political supporters.