Teacher coalition calls for elected school board
As Chicago prepares to elect a new mayor, a coalition of teachers, community leaders, parents and students on Wednesday said the city's next leader should not control public education as Mayor Richard Daley has for most of his 21 years in office.
The group called for the return of an elected, 13-member school board that would be geographically representative of the city...
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said business expertise is no substitute for classroom experience and said the union wants the return of an educator to lead the city's public schools.
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