School Beat: The Nation Should Listen to Youth Voices from ChicagoLisa Schiffbyline‚ Oct. 29‚ 2009Chicago is the virtual epicenter for transformations in education policy right now. With both President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hailing from that metropolis, it is only natural to look to the recent history of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to see what might be in store for the rest of us. Unfortunately, as discussed in a previous School Beat column, what is often presented as a new direction from these leaders, is frequently turning out to be the same old standardized, routinized educational approach we became all too familiar with under the Bush Administration. |