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Meeks Leads 1,500 In School Funding Protest At Wrigley

Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

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The rev. and state Sen. James Meeks led nearly 1,500 protesters outside Wrigley Field Tuesday night in a bid to draw national attention to his ongoing...

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Meeks Scaling Back Cubs Playoff Protest

Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Hundreds of people will gather around Wrigley Field during Wednesday's playoff game to protest school funding inequities, but they will not ring the s...

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Meeks Taking School Protest To Wrigley

Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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Six thousand protesters, wearing bright orange T-shirts, could ring Wrigley Field during the first Chicago Cubs playoff game, under a plan by state Se...

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Why Did They Boycott?

Washington Post | Kari Lydersen | Posted 10.06.2008 | Chicago

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The Washington Post's Kari Lyderson recapped the school boycott led by the rev. and state Sen. James Meeks. She points to Illinois' dismal per-pupil s...

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Field Trip Over: Meeks' Boycott Kids Finally Out of Media Glare

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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Esther J. Cepeda

Anyone who cares about kids in this town getting a shot at a decent education surely looked at the Chicago Public School children who marched into Winnetka and felt the rumbling pride of civil rights crusades past.

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Meeks, Blago May Actually Meet Over School Funding

Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE From the AP: Now that state Senator James Meeks has called off his Chicago school boycott, he and Governor Rod Blagojevich are working out a m...

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School Boycott May Not End Funding Inequities, But It Should End The Myth That Black Communities Don't Value Education

Alden Loury | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago

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Alden Loury

I hope the folks standing in opposition understand that the people demanding more money for education aren't just looking for a stage upon which they can grandstand --what they're looking for is a high-quality education, the best that money can buy.

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The School Funding Gap

Chicago Reporter | Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Alden K. Loury and Matthew Hendrickson | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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A new Chicago Reporter analysis of school funding data shows the long-term disparities in school funding as area civil rights leaders filed a lawsuit ...

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