Rod Paige

Blaxploitation, GOP Style

Russ Baker | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics


Russ Baker

Tthe GOP is stepping up efforts to stress diversity, but is resorting to a tried-and-true W. tactic: the promotion of compromised, disreputable individuals -- a kind of lemon diversity that only highlights their cynicism and contempt for the public.

Obama and Education Reform

Bill Ayers | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


Bill Ayers

Obama is not a monarch -- Arne Duncan is not education czar -- and we are not his subjects. Educators, students, and citizens must press now for an education worthy of a democracy.

Looking Deeper Into Obama Education Pick's Accomplishments

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago


Alexander Russo

Like Bush's Education Secretary pick Rod Paige, Arne Duncan comes from a big city with a success story that the national press failed to figure out was mostly a mirage.

Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


Alexander Russo

Should Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan go to Washington if he's asked to head the U.S. Department of Education, or should he stay in town?