CHICAGO MATTERS: Education Matters

These Eight Forty-Eight segments tackle many of the complex issues in the debate over how to improve Chicago-area schools.

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Reading Summit April 5, 2001 Steve Edwards and Chicago Public Radio reporter David Schaper talk with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley about teaching reading, educational issues and the future of Chicago public schools.	Audio*
Round Lake March 28, 2001 Terre Ezyk, board member of the Round Lake District 116 schools, talks with Steve Edwards about the April 3 ballot initiative asking voters to approve a tax increase. The additional revenue would be used to fund its school system, which has a nine million dollar debt.	Audio*
Charter Schools March 20, 2001 Richard Steele interviews Horace Turnbull, board member of the planned charter school of the Chicago Children's Choir.	Audio*
Centralized School Curriculum March 7, 2001 Steve Edwards looks at the issue of centralizing the Chicago Public Schools curriculum with Chicago Public Radio's Jody Becker; Chicago Public School deputy chief education officer Carlos Ascoita; 1992 Golden Apple fellow Dr. Rene Cargeman-Dolezal; and Steve Bushbacher, vice chair of the Local School Council at the Palmer School.	Audio*
CPS Videos February 13, 2001 Jody Becker reports on a new video tool that is helping public school teachers teach to standardized tests.	Audio*
School Recess January 9, 2001 Steve Edwards talks with Dr. Margaret Harrigan, professor of education at DePaul University; Dr. Cozette Buckney, chief education office for the Chicago Public Schools; and Dr. Joan Brooks McLane, professor of child development at the Erikson Institute, about school recess cutbacks in many Chicago Public Schools.	Audio*
Catholic Schools December 4, 2000 Steve Edwards talks with Janet Sisler and Sister Judith Cauley, interim co-superintendents of Chicago Catholic Schools, about the future of the school system.	Audio*
School Report Cards November 2, 2000 Dr. Robert Clark, professor of educational and school psychology at National-Louis University, explains the results and implications of the recently released Illinois Standards Achievement Tests on schools, communities, and students.	Audio*

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