I Agree with the Sun-Times on this: Prioritize limited Bussing resources for Students most in need of them.

I don’t like the phrase: “There is an achievement gap.” In my years of working with teachers and administrators, I have come to believe that the gap is not achievements, as this is a false […]

Chicago Public Schools, We Need To Figure This Out— not even a giant carpool phone-tree yet?

There are not nearly enough CPS busses for all the students who deserve them —well beyond how few busses there are for those students who not only deserve them but need them, (in a truly […]

Local School Council Elections: Less Than 40 Days Left To File: Here’s How To Run For Local School Council

Tell someone. There are 38 days for additional leaders to step up. Many seats are won by only a few votes. You can do it. Here’s how. Because it’s about the city we love. Strong […]

Agreed with Sun Times Editorial

I agree with Principal Lavin on this one – “We all wanted this to be the year we get back to normal, but it isn’t. We have to reframe. The goal this year is to […]

Bullying is Serious. More must be done against overlooked Gender-identity bullying.

Reported here on NBC 5 Chicago It is true that experiencing student physical bullying at school may have different effects on a student’s development than experiencing psychological and emotional bullying at the school. But just […]

Called it. Didn’t we all.

Amazing work by CPS Dad Jakob Ondrey and deep respect to him for his pursuit of transparency. His research exposes the dubious nature that CPS approaches our own schools. Their numbers were wrong (Read here […]

Our lead custodian and engineer retired after an entire career of service to our School — so I wrote a resolution of thanks,

Whereas it is right for a school community to show appreciation for a career of years of dedication and service to the school, and Resolution by Representative Daniel Kleinman I am very grateful to our […]

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