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- News & Politics, Essay Jan 16, 2019
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Governor Pritzker, the MLA, and the wealth gap
Very different solutions to the same problem all come down to the size of the pockets involved.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2018
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A resolution to a five-year-old Title IX complaint
Olivia Ortiz's 2013 Title IX complaint was one of the catalysts for the University of Chicago to reevaluate its sexual assault report process.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2018
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Here's hoping that the myth of the bad teacher is finally laid to rest
Even Mayor 1 Percent is backpedaling away from his earlier support of charter schools and his refusal to
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2018
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When local school councils go rogue, can anything be done?
Chicago’s local school governance boards have waned since they began 30 years ago, and some say there are no repercussions for LSCs that break the rules.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2018
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Alicia Swiz wants to make you a better feminist—by taking her online course
"I've always been a huge advocate of people becoming more critical thinkers of media."
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2018
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Distinguished CPS principal resigns after threats, controversy over anti-police speaker
The tension at Wildwood Elementary comes as the Jon Burge police torture curriculum is rolled out across the district.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2018
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826CHI's Teen Writers Studio amplifies the voices of Chicago’s youth
On Monday, the students will release I Will Hold You Like a Bible, a chapbook showcasing their poetry and short stories from the past school year.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2018
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The pattern to Rahm's sexual predator, filthy schools, and special ed scandals
If anything points to the need for an elected CPS school board that’s independent of the mayor, this is it.
- Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2018
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Dealing with slaughter in the schools, Congress should follow the example of John Wayne
Congress should tell killers of schoolchildren to pick on someone their own size.
- Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2018
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Parents, community clash over new principal selection at King College Prep
Parents and community members were so upset by a vote to oust Principal David Narain that they elected a slate of new members to the local school council. But the standing members are moving forward with a vote on the new principal.
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2018
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Lawmakers push for better training for cops in schools
A Reader and City Bureau investigation last year found the cops in Chicago Public Schools acted with little oversight.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2018
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Chicago students plan another walkout Friday despite suspension threat
Students across the city plan to leave class and gather in Grant Park Friday to protest gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2018
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The horrible truth about Bruno Bettelheim revealed in letters to the editor
A confession from a former student at his Orthogenic School for troubled children opened a floodgate of stories about abuse by the celebrated psychologist.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2018
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Sorority rush at Northwestern: an undercover report
Three months before her 30th birthday, S.L. Wisenberg decided to undertake a rite of passage she'd been too afraid to do when she was a student.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2018
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The slow death of the student protest movement: a 1972 report
"Maybe it's fatigue, maybe it's apathy. But the student movement isn't the same, and never can be again."
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2018
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You can thank Karen Lewis for the national wave of teacher insurrections
The red-shirt-wearing teacher activists from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Oklahoma obviously learned a thing or two from Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2018
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The case of the missing Keith Haring mural
The 36 panels currently on display at the Chicago Cultural Center are less than a third of the 488-foot-long work the artist created with CPS students in 1989.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2018
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19 more women accuse Northwestern professor Alec Klein of misconduct, group says
Medill Me Too publishes a new letter with additional claims the group has received about Klein's behavior since ten women came forward initially.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2018
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‘Heartbroken’ CPS students inspired by Parkland teen activists to push for gun control in walkout Wednesday
Many CPS students are expected to participate in the National School Walkout and hope it will spark more activism in favor of stricter gun laws and #BlackLivesMatter.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2018
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The Chilean drama A Fantastic Woman is a person-first success
The latest feature by Sebastián Lelio shows a character battling transphobic prejudice.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2018
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Northwestern journalism professors respond to sexual misconduct allegations against Alec Klein
"We hear you. We're listening," the faculty wrote to the "Medill Me Too" group.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
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Alec Klein, accused of sexual misconduct by former Northwestern students, takes leave of absence
Medill Justice Project director requested a leave after ten women signed letter alleging a history of harassment and inappropriate behavior
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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![Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]](https://media2.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/results/40634534/medill_large.jpg)
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Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]
Former students and employees who worked with Klein on the Medill Justice Project come forward with allegations stretching back a decade
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
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The time Ben Joravsky got Bill Ayers to admit he was an asshole
A classic profile of a very complicated subject.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2018
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Steve Bannon invite leads to more fallout at University of Chicago [UPDATED]
A U. of C. editor resigned Friday from the editorial board of ProMarket, the blog of the university's business school.
