School Choice, Chicago Style: Arne Duncan’s List of the Rich and Powerful

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  March 23rd at 04:52 PM  | 

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, while serving as Chicago Public Schools chief, maintained a list of special requests from politically connected individuals for children to attend the city’s best schools. The information, reported today by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, is the focus of a federal probe and investigation by the school district inspector general. According to the Tribune: Whispers have long swirled that some | Read More »