Since mayoral control of Chicago’s public schools began in 1995, Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have unleashed a tsunami of charter schools and school closings upon the city with devastating results.
With Governor Rauner pushing for bankruptcy amid multiple downgrades to Chicago debt, the big question appears to be, is Chicago on the road to Detroit? An In These Times article by Saqib Bhatti explains how the entire paradigm – that…