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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Why is media burying the $20 million, no-bid Supes contract story?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Why is media burying the $20 million, no-bid Supes contract story?:

Why is media burying the $20 million, no-bid Supes contract story?

Why the blackout by the Sun-Times on the Supes contract? The Tribune barely mentioned it. It's buried at the end of a school budget story this morning.  Sarah Karp at Catalyst has given reporters everything they need to begin asking the right questions and should win an award for her reporting.

Why no-bid? Is Byrd-Bennett pal, Solomon the only one capable of retraining Chicago principals and teachers? Facilitating a meeting?

Couldn't the $20M be used for better purposes, given the massive budget cuts, teacher firings, and school closings.

What's the Vallas connection? Is he making a comeback in Chicago after being booted by Daley and leaving a wake of devastation from Philly to New Orleans, to Bridgeport?

Why were local ed schools at UIC, DePaul, Northeastern, etc... cut out?

Why pull principals out of their schools for two weeks just as they're getting ready for, what appears to be another chaotic opening of school?

Judge Allen
Shame on Cook County Judge Thomas R. Allen whotossed out the lawsuit by parents and the teachers union aimed at stopping Rahm's mass school closings. They had argued that the district ignored the