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Dr. Marla Dean (Black woman with short natural hair, round-frame eyeglasses, and hoop earrings), Thomas Byrd (Black man with no hair and graying beard), and Valerie Jablow (white woman with long hair pulled back and oval eyeglasses)

Education in Ward 7 and Citywide

August 3, 2022 vspatz

August 3 Education Town Hall explores education issues with Dr. Marla Dean, chair of the Ward 7 education council

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Charter Money: Where and Whence It Flows

February 6, 2014 vspatz

The Walton Family Foundation proudly announced yesterday that it can now claim sponsorship of one in four charter school start-ups since 1997, investing more than

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Gates Funds “Watchdog” Decrying National Teachers’ Involvement in Gates Funding Issue

January 9, 2014 vspatz

Gates Foundation money is at the center of another controversy this week around attempts at school reform. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced yesterday

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inBloom, Bill Gates, and the New York Regents

December 5, 2013 vspatz

Chicago Public Schools decided last week against adopting inBloom, a secure cloud system for student data. (See Sun Time report.) While Illinois remains one of

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