Republicans are creating a national school voucher program that will leave public schools with less funding and abandon students with disabilities. Arizona already has school vouchers and we've seen the consequences. I'm fighting to give every kid a fair shot.

How much will that college cost you? Good luck figuring it out Financial aid offer letters are supposed to tell families how much they will have to pay for college, which can be the deciding factor in where — or even whether — students go to college. But too often, the letters leave out important information and use terms that make it confusing to figure out the final cost. Some student advocates say the letters are downright deceptive. Others believe the lack of consistent language causes confusion; each college has its own format with its own vocabulary. This can make it difficult to answer the critical question: How much will this cost me?

Colleges could standardize financial aid information to make it easier to compare. But they don’t.

Ex-Urban Prep CEO Tim King Accused of Embezzling $100K From Charter School Network Federal prosecutors charged Tim King, 59, in a three-count indictment accusing him of misusing Urban Prep funds to cover his own personal credit card expenses and then attempting to cover up that thef...

Tim King, the former leader of the Urban Prep charter schools who resigned in 2022 amid sexual misconduct allegations, now faces federal charges alleging he embezzled more than $100,000 in school funding. news.wttw.com/2026/04/15/e...

Rahm Emanuel, we don't want what you're selling And the people of Chicago know what you're selling

Great roundup of Rahm’s wrongs

School boards *should* be weighing in on the federal voucher program and should be advocating *against* it. Not good that my elected Board member Che Smith tried to postpone resolution vote & then abstained today. This is a "which side are you on moment" for public schools, & answer should be clear!

McMahon wasn’t at the meeting 😂—Jitu Brown was! 🔥

“Until we’re able to have honest grown-up conversations about why we have the positions we have, then we’ll play this game (of) ‘I don’t want to do politics,’ Brown said. If you don’t want to do politics, then you shouldn’t be on the school board.’”

Illinois has a flat tax. 🫠

Tax millionaires more. End of conversation.

Black background text: Chicago Board of Ed federal school voucher resolution; ON THE APRIL 8th AGENDA!; Write your Board member TODAY!;Urge them to vote YES; bit.ly/cps_boe_no_vouchers Outline of a notebooks with a pen text on pad--no vouchers for Illinois. Illinois Families for Public Schools logo (outline of the state of IL with the text, Illinois Families for Public Schools, on wide ruled notebook paper)

ACTION ALERT for the stand against the Trump administration's harmful school voucher program! The Chi Board of Ed anti-federal voucher resolution is now on their Wed., April 8th agenda.

Chicagoan? Contact your Board of Ed member TODAY—urge them to vote YES on this resolution: bit.ly/cps_boe_no_v...

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Why it matters: The Rising Generations Strategy Group (RGSG) goes public today, led by former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (D) and former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.). Other members include Janice Jackson, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools; Arne Duncan, former U.S. education secretary; and Aneesh Sohoni, the CEO of Teach for America.

Partying like it's 1999

How it works: Organized by the Aspen Institute's education-and-society program, RGSG will work over the coming year to develop recommendations to improve teaching and learning. Focuses include: Harnessing AI to expand and empower educators. Aligning the classroom experience with the real world. Exploring alternative models of education. Advancing state education governance.

"Organized by the Aspen Institute's education-and-society program"

Society = corporations

www.axios.com/2026/03/31/a...

For sure. Oh the days when you could follow along on your pick of #chiboard live tweets.

+ low cost! ($ and effort) but the returns are iffy.

Last year, Trump signed executive orders to fast-track AI data center construction and weaken state-level AI regulations.

Now a new AI industry group says it will spend $100M+ on the midterms to push Trump's AI agenda.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Be warned.

chicago public schools 🤝🏻 chicago police dept
criminalizing young people

I got the same email and I co-sign this skeet

Vaguely suggesting that youth should “explore the many offerings available through schools, community and faith-based organizations, and city agencies like the Chicago Park District and Chicago Public Library” is lazy.

I received this email from @chipubschools.bsky.social from the Chicago Police Dept. in my registered CPS parent/guardian email acct. I did not sign up for this.

Where are the CPS partnerships with community/youth orgs to support and engage our children?

Stop trying to make Rahm happen. Rahm is never going to happen

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

Just a Chicago mayor hopeful, a Democrat, advocating for sending someone to a torture camp for being *charged* with a crime.

Also, if I am ever murdered, and my murderer is charged and convicted, please don't send them to a torture camp.

This is what a vampire looking at a classroom would say.

I’m honored to have the endorsement of @delia.bsky.social in my campaign for the Chicago School Board. Serving as her District Director has been the privilege of my life, and I’m ready to bring that same dedication and leadership to the Chicago School Board.

Everyone needs to be talking about this.

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Make the Call for Public Schools · IFT On March 17th, about 10% of Illinois voters will have a non-binding question on their primary ballot about whether Illinois should opt into the federal voucher program. We are partnering with IL Famil...

We're phone banking for public schools AGAIN next Tuesday, March 10th, at 6pm! We’re raring to reach more voters to ensure they’re not misled by the deceitful pro-voucher question that’s on about 10% of Illinois primary election ballots.

Sign up here: bit.ly/3_10callsforschools

#EarlyVoting starts TODAY in all 50 Wards and the suburbs, and while the world is a dumpster fire and the Federal government is the worst, we've got a chance to fight back at the polls between now and the 17th. Whether you're in the City, in the suburbs, or in our new readership hotspot in Aurora...

This administration has vowed to “return education to the states”…unless they don’t agree with the state.

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:

Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:

Hey Chicago NW Side….if you’re looking for good news!