Grafters and Goo-Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society;  October 1, 2004 ;   Lester, Richard D;   787 words ......Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003. By James...argues that corruption and reform have long been strangely interdependent in Chicago politics. Some Chicago...corruption and the failure of reform. Chicago began as a wide open...

Chicago schools ready for reform

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 30, 1987 ;   editorials;   607 words ......tests. All agree school reform in Chicago is long overdue, and...less in funding for reform programs this year than last year. Chicago schools can't count...projects. It's time for Chicago to take a first step toward reform. Other states and cities...

`Reform is a play on words' // Furor to fix the fixers has flared and...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 6, 1987 ;   Don Hayner; Tom McNamee;   787 words ......immigrants. Yet, in 1871 he headed Chicago's first "reform" administration. More than...scientist Paul M. Green says, "In Chicago, reform is in the eyes of the beholder...couldn't get clout." Getting Chicagoans into a reforming mood has sometimes required...

The difference a mayor makes: reforming the schools. (Mayor Richard Daley;...

The Economist (US);  July 26, 1997 ;     787 words ......five-person school reform board of trustees...National Convention in Chicago. Oddly enough, this...obsessed with making Chicago a good place for...chairman of the new reform board, and his former...fights with the Daley reforms? To begin with, it...State University near Chicago. The ...

Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935

The Journal of American Culture;  March 1, 2005 ;   Cusic, Don;   342 words ...Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935 Derek Vaillant...North Carolina Press, 2003. Chicago was been a primordial soup...and even country music (Chicago was the "center" of country...have all been nurtured in Chicago. Chicago was also a center for social ...

Chicago: a school reform laboratory

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 10, 1989 ;   Tracey Robinson;   439 words ......nation have their eyes on Chicago's school reform to see if they can learn...of education called Chicago schools "the nation...now monitors school reform efforts nationally...Finn took a look at Chicago's reform goals for the Joyce...

President hails Chicago schools // Reform efforts cited as model

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 29, 1997 ;   SCOTT FORNEK;   677 words ......instruction. But Clinton praised Chicago reform measures, including systemwide...birthday party here. "Certainly the reform of Chicago public schools have been a success...Rodham Clinton also praised Chicago school reform efforts and used a national...

Chicago's mixed record on school reform.(USA)

The Christian Science Monitor;  January 9, 2008 ;   Paulson, Amanda;   787 words ......Child Left Behind reforms this week, he did it at a Chicago elementary school...In many ways, Chicago - a city that embraced...standards-based reforms, and consequences...examine how such reforms are playing out. Chicago's been lucky for...

Shipps, Dorothy: School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago, 1880-2000.(Book...

Perspectives on Political Science;  June 22, 2006 ;   Coppa, Frank J.;   507 words ...Shipps, Dorothy School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago, 1880-2000 Lawrence: University...in Education. In School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago, 1880-2000, the author...this time, educational reforms in Chicago were promoted as a national...

Chicago school reform inspires control board.(Metropolitan Times)(Cover...

The Washington Times;  August 27, 1996 ;   Mercurio, John;   612 words ...CHICAGO - The spotlight may shine on Chicago this week because it's hosting the Democratic National Convention...fixing the District's troubled school system. Three years ago, Chicago's public schools ranked among the nation's worst. A billion dollars...

CHICAGO'S LAST HOPE.(Chicago may use school vouchers if educational reform...

Newsweek;  June 22, 1998 ;   Alter, Jonathan;   787 words ......schools, this is it: if Mayor Daley's reforms fail, get ready for vouchers PAUL VALLAS, CEO OF THE Chicago Public Schools (yep, that's his title...argue that the future of education reform -a phrase he cordially loathes - rests...Russian history knows that certain Chicagoans think I'm a Stalinist. ...

Leading Chicago Lawmakers Call on Nielsen to Stop Introduction of New...

PR Newswire;  May 10, 2004 ;     759 words ...CHICAGO, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Congressmen Bobby Rush and...urging Nielsen Media Research to stop the introduction in Chicago of a local TV rating system that undercounts minority television...fixed before Nielsen attempts to roll out the system in Chicago this summer. We are deeply concerned that ...

Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester...

Environmental History;  July 1, 2005 ;   Anonymous;   96 words ...Platt, Harold L. Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. xvi+592 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, index. $49.00. Examines and...

Reform in the big city Series: 20TH CENTURY CHICAGO

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 15, 1999 ;   DOUGLAS BUKOWSKI;   486 words ......were out because Chicagoans opted for a little reform. They got it, and...self-proclaimed reformer who enforced the...promise to give Chicago enough alcohol...for retirement. "Chicago was not worthy...New York misread Chicago, and Big Bill returned...honest-to-goodness ...

Chicago's Renaissance 2010: the small schools movement meets the ownership...

Phi Delta Kappan;  February 1, 2006 ;   Ayers, William Klonsky, Michael;   787 words ......with the goal of supporting Chicago's reform-minded teachers as they tried...Renaissance 2010 plan is specific to Chicago, similar reform strategies are emerging in...empty cliches. In the world of Chicago school reform, the simple word choice has...