Rahm Emanuel

As of late, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has shown great improvements in its high school s. Over the past 16 years the high school graduation rates has steadily increase. Students were more likely to drop of school as they were to graduate; now students are three times likely to graduate as to dropping out. For the CPS high scholars, graduation is a strong indicator of a host of very important life outcomes, including post-secondary and employment outcomes, health, incarceration, and life expectancy

“Chicago’s pot dilemma: Should marijuana users just be ticketed?” by staff reporter Frank Main, focuses on the burgeoning marijuana criminality issues being widely debated across American legislatures. The article examines the idea of allowing marijuana to be a ticked offense, like speeding, in both New York and Chicago, and the potential overall effects of this legislation on the potential overall legalization of Marijuana. Woods also brings up the potential issue of nearly all marijuana leading

Calum Daly Death of Laquan McDonald Introduction Police violence is a reoccurring issue in today’s world especially in America. It seems as though we live in a society where Police officers target minorities practically young African American men. On October 20, 2014, Laquan McDonald was roaming around a neighborhood in Chicago who happened to be “holding a knife” (Good). Jason Van Dyke as well as a few other officers responded to the calls and spotted McDonald wandering in the middle of the street

failure to govern, and an inability to use the 60 vote majority that they had in the Senate as well as the significant margin that they had in the House. If the Obama Administration failed, then there would be a tremendous political price to pay. Emanuel knew the political price that administrations paid when it lost the battle for health care reform. Sixteen years ago, he had worked in the Clinton administration, the Clinton effort to do health care was a classic example of a 'simple minded approach'

Chicago Public Schools are the fourth largest district in the U.S and one of the lowest performing in the U.S. The school system in Chicago is struggling not only with student performance, but also with the large amount of debt the school has and the fight to come to an agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union. In earlier years of 2008 through 2013, student performance was below national average. Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah author of “CPS test scores show gains in the grades 2 through 8” explains that

needs of students to meeting the needs of private investors. Billionaires like Bill Gates have pushed charter schools as a solution to our failing educational system but in reality many charter schools don’t do better on average. Chicago’s mayor Rahm Emanuel closed 50 public schools primarily in low-income african american and latino neighborhoods which then later got replaced by charter schools. This is what the book refers to as the neoliberal model of education that has served as a blueprint in

The shooting incidence in Las Vegas weeks ago has raised controversial debates in the United States of America. In fact, the White House is concerned on the stand that President Trump will take on the issue of stricter gun laws. One of the states that have gained the attention of both the legislators in this topic is Chicago. Ideally, Chicago is a clear indicator that strict gun laws cannot work. From the outlook, Chicago is among the states that have the most stringent laws when it comes to gun

holders need to have a FOID card to buy guns and ammunition. But the problem is that laws in neighboring states are more lenient, making it easier for people to get around the Illinois laws by trafficking guns from the more lenient states. Mayor Emanuel has been pressing for legislation to toughen punishments for illegal use of firearms. But the Mayor’s idea has gone downhill in the General Assembly, because of the Illinois' different geographic views on

Collective Bargaining, Reviewing the Process and the Issues that Commonly Present Themselves Lucila Munoz* I. Introduction Throughout the years organizations and unions have struggled for rights and benefits for workers. All the while the managers, supervisors and directors have counteracted such behaviors, favoring the companies, to protect them from going out of business. Through collective bargaining both parties have labored to find common ground. Collective bargaining as defined by the Cornell

Nothing Gentle about Gentrification As of 2017, the homeless population in the United States of America had increased for the first time since the Great Recession. Simultaneously, urban revitalization is bustling along. Defining gentrification means including the positives such as the advancement of urban life. At the same time, it means counting the negative aspects, which consists of people competing with each other to stay off the streets. Effects such as high housing rates and the displacement