Many people -- Karen L., Annie S., Julie W., George, Xian, Lou P., Brian B., Rod, Kugler, Victor H. -- have commented on this site in the past using their real names.  But there's also a long tradition of made-up... Alexander Russo (89 views)... More...

Sending kids (and dollars and teachers) back to neighborhood schools won't solve everything. It would likely worsen things for the few teachers and families that have won the education lottery. But Chicago shouldn't have an education system that sucks the life out of neighborhood schools and requires kids to win the lottery in order to get a quality education. Alexander Russo (95 views)... More...

Chicago officials begin work on new admissions process CatalystRace will not be used as a factor in this year's admissions process for magnet and selective schools, meaning that parents will be applying without knowing what criteria will be used.. Bolingbrook... Alexander Russo (54 views)... More...

Dislike for the original comments system put in on this site was pretty much universal -- apologies to all -- so after a few days of complaining from all of us the folks at ChicagoNow have changed it back to... Alexander Russo (48 views)... More...

What happened that let the situation at Fenger get so out of hand that nobody could stop it -- even as the schools chief was highlighting violence prevention at the very same time?  Is anything good going to come out... Alexander Russo (69 views)... More...