A top teacher union official at the City Colleges of Chicago chastised Chancellor Juan Salgado for his “dismissive” response to a BGA investigation that found lowered standards and manipulated data created a misleading record of success.
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Fact-Check: Are CPS Students Learning Faster Than Their National Peers?
A Nov. 2 press release from Chicago Public Schools suggested the often maligned district was actually dancing circles around most other school districts in the nation.
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Fact-Check: Mike Madigan And The Definition Of ‘Function’
How could the statehouse ethics commission “continue to function,” as told by Madigan, if there was no inspector general to investigate complaints of ethical violations brought to it?
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Fact-Check: Does Indiana Outpace Illinois In Union Job Growth?
In a 30-second spot titled “Thanks, Mike!,” Republican governors around Illinois boast of their states’ economic gains.
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Fact-Check: Are Rauner’s Business Interests Really Out Of His Control?
We look at Rauner’s claim that he has no control over the business interests that predate his term as governor.
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Fact-Check: Emanuel Plays Fast And Loose With Fast Growth Boast
Mayor Emanuel claims that Chicago’s economy has grown faster than New York’s, Washington’s and the nation’s. The most obvious benchmarks don’t back him up.
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Fact-Check: Has Bruce Rauner Always Been Pro-Choice?
Bruce Rauner said his signing of a controversial abortion bill was consistent with his pro-choice principles and that he had never presented himself as anything but pro-choice.
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Fact-Check: Chicago Toughest On Gun Control? Claim Doesn’t Hold Up
Sanders, her boss and all of those who continue to repeat her statement on social media and elsewhere are wrong about Chicago’s gun laws.
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Fact-Check: Does A Soda Tax Mean A Healthier Cook County?
Billionaire Michael has become a major defender of the Cook County tax, spending more than $5 million on ads touting its health benefits. Are they telling the truth?
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New School Choice Plan Could Cost State More Than $12,000 A Student
Early estimates show the new tax scholarship program, while limited, could cost the state two to five times more a student than what it now spends on general aid for the state’s public schools students.