After years of receiving negative attention for it’s “crooked” politics, being one of the most segregated cities in America and Mayor Daley has been in the office the same year Phil Jackson joined the Chicago Bulls, Chicago has elected its next Mayor in Rahm Emmanuel. Many in Chicago are excited others are hesitant to jump on the “Rahm Train” because they fear he will not fix the fundamental issues that plague our city (including high crime rates especially southside’s 20th Ward, where Grammy Winning Che “Rhymefest” Smith was defeated in an alderman runoff election by the incumbent ex-police officer Willie Cochran and the failing in Chicago Public Schools).
As a teacher, I am interested in how Rahm will attempt to improve the United States third largest public school district. CPS will have had it’s fourth Chief Executive Officer since 2007 (Secretary of Education; Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman & Interim Terry Mazany), all of which do not have much classroom experience, if any. I am curious as who Rahm will select as the next CEO of Chicago Public Schools. For the last few weeks, I’ve been following Catalyst Chicago coverage of the possible choices for CEO. Catalyst Chicago has presented some of the following as possible candidates for CEO(Karen Lewis/President of CTU, Genita Robinson/CPS Lawyer, William Ayers/Retired Professor from UC, and Joyce Kenner/Principal of Whitney Young HS).
Review the attached document highlighting the changes and initiatives Mr. Emanuel plans to implement for Chicago Public Schools.
What are your thoughts?
Rahms Published Education Agenda
