For generations, Chicago's private power brokers have tried to shape the school system according to the management principles of the day, whether it's the hierarchies of 19th-century industry or the disruption of 21st-finance. Read more
The effects of lead poisoning show up on rap sheets and grade books, and Chicago has long had some of the worst problems with it in America. The costs of remediation are substantial, but the savings could be much greater. Read more
