Chicago Public Schools: subject to “Mayor 1%” Rahm Emanuel’s harsh, privatizing “turnaround” tactics.
Chicago Teachers Battle Mayor 1%
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Rahm Emanuel, whom Occupy Chicago has dubbed Mayor 1%, fired another shot at the city’s public schools December 1. He proposed seven school closings and phase-outs, 10 “turnarounds” in which all the teachers and staff get fired, and six “co-locations,” where private charter school operators grab por…
