Tag: Claypool
Chicago CEO Claypool: Schools Won’t Open Without Funding
Posted: June 7, 2016 at 5:21 am / Education
(Photo: ABC) Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has said that CPS will not be able to open in the fall if state lawmakers cannot approve an education budget: “Chicago schools would not open, and I suspect most of the schools in the state would not open.” The divisions among Democratic legislators who have control over […]
Chicago’s Emanuel, Claypool Push for Education Funding
Posted: November 21, 2015 at 5:20 pm / Education
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief are continuing their push for state lawmakers to create a new formula for state education funding in an effort to provide more aid to Chicago Public Schools. In his speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon earlier this week, CPS chief Forrest Claypool compared the education system to a […]