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Paul Vallas

Education in Chicago: Why School Reform Won't Happen

Bill Sweetland | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Angeline Caruso, Arne Duncan, Teacher Training, Education Establishment, Manford Byrd, Ted Kimbrough, Ruth Love, Literacy, Illiteracy, Chicago Public Schools, Academic Excellence, Argie Johnson, Ron Huberman, Reading, Joseph P. Hannon, Chicago School Reform, Cps, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

The more ideas put forward, the more difficult practical action becomes. The more we "innovate," the more resistant and hardened the problems of removing ignorance become.

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Mayor Daley, Why? (Or Why Not?)

David Murray | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Corruption, Arne Duncan, Cynicism, Goo-Goos, Mayor Daley, Mike Royko, Ron Huberman, Chicago Politics, Corruption Fatigue, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
David Murray

It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.

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A Cook in Congress

Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Danny Davis, Todd Stroger, Dorothy Brown, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board President Race, James Houlihan, Tom Dart, Larry Suffredin, Chicago News
Shawn Healy

Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.

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Education in Chicago: Chicago Public Schools Have Improved? Baloney!

Bill Sweetland | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Arne Duncan, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Academic Test Scores, Still Left Behind, Illinois Standards Achievement Test, Literacy, Failure of Chicago Public Schools, Prairie State Achievement Examination, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois State Board of Education, Isat, Mayor Daley, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

Nothing that Paul Vallas, Mayor Daley or Arne Duncan did in the last 15 years has had any significant effect on the number of CPS students who can read, write and do basic math acceptably. It's all an illusion.

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Vallas Confirms He's Not Running For Cook County President

AP | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County President Race, Paul Vallas, Paul Vallas Cook County Board President, Chicago News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Paul Vallas, the superintendent of the state-run school district in New Orleans, said he will not run for the Cook County Board in...

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Paul Vallas Won't Run For Cook County Board President, Staying In New Orleans

NBC Chicago/Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County President Race, Paul Vallas, Paul Vallas Cook County Board President, Chicago News

Paul Vallas will not be coming home to Chicago to run for public office. ...

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Vallas Deciding Soon On Challenging Stroger As A Republican

Chicago Tribune | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Vallas Stroger, Todd Stroger, Paul Vallas Cook County Board President, Chicago News

Former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas said today a decision on whether he will make a bid for the Republican nomination for Cook County Boar...

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Republicans Welcome Vallas With Open Arms

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan and Rob Olmstead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Paul Vallas GOP, Illinois Republican Party, Cook County Board, Paul Vallas Republican Party, Paul Vallas Cook County Board President, Chicago News

Vallas is finding the doors to the struggling party wide open. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna says the party should be open to Democ...

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Paul Vallas To Run For County Board President As A Republican

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Paul Vallas Republican, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board President Race, Vallas County Board President, Paul Vallas Cook County Board President, Chicago News

Paul Vallas is ready to run again. "Cook County is broken, and I like fixing things that are broken." The speed-talking, reform-minded maverick who w...

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Vallas Says No To Running For Governor

Chicago Sun-Times | Maureen O'Donnell | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Vallas Governor, Paul Vallas Politics, Vallas County Board President, Paul Vallas Secretary of Education, Chicago News

Saying he still has work to do to improve New Orleans schools, Paul Vallas said Sunday he won't run for governor of Illinois in 2010. Vallas, who was...

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