GOOD

Rahm Emanuel Slammed by Chicago High School Students

Chicago's mayoral race front-runner claims the city's highest performing schools are charters. A group of students says he didn't do his homework.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afonAiiMTm8

Rahm Emanuel is in hot water over recent remarks dissing the city's public schools. According to the Chicago mayoral race front-runner, "When you take out North Side, and you take out Walter Payton, the seven best-performing high schools are all charters." Now a group of students—who also happen to be fans of one of his opponents, Miguel Del Valle—have responded to the inference that the city's 400,000 regular public school kids are low-performing. To protest, they did what thousands of young people do every day—they made a video and put it to YouTube.

Keep Reading
science education hu jintao test scores grades rahm emanuel chicago public schools chicago politics chinese president hu jintao walter payton college prep miguel del valle chicago mayors race school turnaround youtube video gwendolyn brooks academy selective enrollment rogers park rogers park chicago cristina henriquez gerardo aguilar alexandaa alvarez social media
Articles

Hu Jintao Surveys Evidence of China's Soft Power at Chicago High School

Hu Jintao seemed totally impressed with the Chinese language classes at Chicago's Walter Payton Prep.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5RWV0zQjNI

Students at Chicago's innovative math, science, and foreign language high school, Walter Payton Prep, welcomed a special visitor on Friday—Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Keep Reading
education china cities chinese chicago public schools richard daley mandarin chinese chinese language and culture chinese president hu jintao walter payton college prep chicago bears selective enrollment high school walter payton prep pisa study walter payton business and entrepreneurship
Articles