the reverend jesse jackson says it s a two-tiered school system benefitting certain schools over others. there s segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. really good sales pitch. let s turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union. this is about the kids in the classroom, poor neighborhoods in chicago that are being targtsed for closure because they haven t been given the resources to survive and to achieve in their test scores. what s really going on here, ms. lewis?
that you cannot say that to me. but then you go out and you so he s accepting failure is what he is. well, no. he s saying he s not going to fund it. so what do you do? you take places that are on their way up, you take them over ksz and then you start touting these numbers that aren t true. twice as much support. at best, the turnaround schools give three months of extra support. three months of growth at best. here s more from former chief of staff of president obama rahm em emanuel. change is hard, but watching year in and year out kids capture in a system that s failing is harder. what s your response to that? he is absolutely right, but this is not change. this is the same old status quo policy that we ve been under for the last 15 years. and it doesn t work! it is a failed policy.
well, no. he s saying he s not going to fund it. so what do you do? you take places that are on their way up, you take them over ksz and then you start touting these numbers that aren t true. twice as much support. at best, the turnaround schools give three months of extra support. three months of growth at best. here s more from former chief of staff of president obama rahm e emanuel. change is hard, but watching year in and year out kids capture in a system that s failing is harder. what s your response to that? he is absolutely right, but this is not change. this is the same old status quo policy that we ve been under for the last 15 years. and it doesn t work! it is a failed policy. it s chicago public schools failed policy and they have xmroited this madness to the rest of the country.
others. there s segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. really good sales pitch. let s turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union. this is about the kids in the classroom, poor neighborhoods in chicago that are being targtsed for closure because they haven t been given the resources to survive and to achieve in their test scores. what s really going on here, ms. lewis? well, what s really going on is a planned, very well-orchestrated attack on
to close or overhaul 17 schools. the plan shuts down under performing schools, which were already under-funded, under-resourced, leaving many poor communities without a neighborhood school. the reverend jesse jackson says it s a two-tiered school system benefits certain schools over others. segregation within our school system undermines the law. rahm emanuel pushed plan and is defending it. the schools turn around schools, neighborhood turnaround schools have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. if i give them the chance of a good teacher and accountable principal and encourage the parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. really good sales pitch. let s turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union, this is not about a teachers union, this is