Chicago Newsroom

5/4/17

Program Air Date: 05/04/2017

Program Overview

Ken Davis is joined by three Chicago education reporters: Lauren FitzPatrick of the Sun-Times and WBEZ reporters Sarah Karp and Becky Vevea. They discuss Mayor Emanuel’s efforts to find money to keep the Chicago Public Schools open until the end of the school year, the new CPS high school application process, the likelihood that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will be able to institute school vouchers in Illinois and Chicago, and the sentencing of former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).