Guest Column Community must demand high-quality schools

Thank you for drawing attention to the high demand for more quality public school options in Chicago.  Your recent article on school choice (“The challenges of choice”) notes that 62% of African-American CPS students are attending schools outside of their neighborhood for high school.  This is a startling figure and testament to the need for more and better options across our city. 

-Dec 12, 2008

Guest Column Duncan's task: Keep the spotlight on education Quick--name three of the last seven secretaries of education. Outside the world of education, most people probably can’t—which says something about the level of attention the general public typically pays to the job, despite poll after poll that says we rank education as one of our top priorities. That could change under Arne Duncan, selected by President-elect Barack Obama for secretary of education. -Dec 17, 2008

Letters From Readers Community schools are Duncan's legacy, too I read with interest the first in the Catalyst series about Arne Duncan’s achievements in Chicago, the challenges that remain, and how all of this will play into his work as the Secretary of Education. Today’s installment focused on school reform, but left out one of Mr. Duncan’s major contributions to transforming schools (and communities) in Chicago. -Dec 19, 2008