The Realities of Chicago School Reform
Against The Current vol. 82

http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/913
Date Written:  1999-09-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  1999
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX12912

In Chicago, the current round of school reform efforts began in the late 1980s. They were ostensibly sparked by the November 1987 public pronouncement of William Bennett, then-Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan, calling Chicago schools "the worst in the nation."

Subject Headings

• Chicago
• Education Issues
• Education Policy
• Education Reform
• School Funding
• School Governance
• School Improvement
• School Reform
• Schools