A week’s worth of developing stories, events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors Notes CLEAR as Mud The Chicago Police Department wants you to know that they’re not just meatheads: they can sink money into algorithms and data, too. Last year, the department released data […]
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Communities Respond to School Closings
In 2013, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) closed fifty public schools largely on the South and West Sides—the largest school closing in a single city in American history. Four months before, trying to head off the public backlash that quickly followed regardless, the district self-imposed a five-year moratorium on school closings. That moratorium lifted this year […]
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Notes & Calendar 4/11/18
A week’s worth of developing stories, events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors Notes No Cars2Go on the South Side Two weeks ago, City Council approved a pilot program for Car2Go, a car sharing service that allows members to rent a car and park at any […]
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Meet Ricard(ito) Gamboa
hances are that you’re rarely going to see Ricardo Gamboa’s name associated with any mainstream Chicago theaters. And that’s how they like it. Instead, these days you’re more likely to find them at the Storyfront, a theater in Back of the Yards that just a year ago was a storefront, camouflaging with audience and community […]
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Calendar 3/28/18
Bulletin The Big Idea Show BOP Biz Chatham Suites, 644 E. 79th St. Friday, March 30, 9am–11am. Free. (773) 891-5939. bit.ly/BigIdeaShow3 Every Friday, the Big Idea Show provides a platform for business owners, activists, and entrepreneurs alike to discuss their big ideas. Hosts Linda Perez and Toure Muhammad—business owners in their own right—will discuss the […]
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Why Is CPS Closing NTA?
This article was a finalist for the 2018 “Best Education Reporting in a Non-Daily Newspaper or Magazine” Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club he Near South Side is one step closer to getting a new neighborhood high school—and the National Teachers Academy (NTA), an elementary school for a small but densely populated strip […]
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Notes & Calendar 3/14/18
A week’s worth of developing stories, events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors Notes “Just a Guy Who Gives a Shit” Before his decision to enter the 2019 Chicago mayoral race, Neal Sales-Griffin’s work experience was largely separate from politics—he mostly worked in tech, entrepreneurship, and […]
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Notes & Calendar 3/7/18
A week’s worth of developing stories, events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors Notes We Ask Once More: Will Willie Wilson Win? The rumor that has been circulating for months—Willie Wilson would throw his hat back into the mayoral ring—was confirmed late February. Wilson was around […]
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Notes & Calendar 2/28/18
A week’s worth of developing stories, events, and signs of the times, culled from the desks, inboxes, and wandering eyes of the editors Notes The Plot Thickens Around School Closings Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has advanced its plan to close or phase out four Englewood high schools—Harper, Hope, Robeson, and TEAM Englewood—and replace them with an […]
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Beyond the Levels
n Monday, February 12, over eighty people braved the cold to attend a public forum about school ratings in Chicago, titled “What Makes a School Great?” at Kenwood Academy High School. The event was the last of three forums about assessment put on by the coalition Parents and Teachers Driving Testing Policy; the first two […]