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Chicago’s Public Schools Spent Millions on Catered Food But Don’t Know Who Ate It

The Chicago public school system, like so many others across the nation, is excruciatingly strapped for cash. In fact, the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, describes the school sys... read more

Cash-Strapped Chicago School System Spent Millions on Junk Food

Chicago Public Schools spent millions of dollars to bring in food and beverages from area restaurants and catering companies, including more than $500,000 since July, and now the district says it craf... read more

Mom has to stay at school with kindergartner because CPS hasn’t provided nurse

So Krystal Miller took all of the necessary paperwork to school before summer break even began. A school nurse, a special education teacher, a caseworker and others from the Chicago Public Schools ... ... read more

Brigaid is in the Business of Transforming School Food

So he spent the lunch ... a popular local market and catering company—don’t usually have to convince diners to sample their food. But Kennedy now works for Brigaid, a startup that brings high-quality ... read more

Baby Talk Bonanza

She said her home visitor, the research coordinator from Suskind’s office, encouraged her to read to her daughter, and “maybe if I don’t know a word ... recess supervision and after-school activities ... read more

No JROTC Left Behind

Despite such concerns, public military academies are wildly popular among many parents and students. Chicago ... pouring millions of dollars into the schools at a time when they actually are having a ... read more

In Defense of Food: Transcript

I had spent a lot of time writing articles and books tracing the food chain ... of the public schools. Bill Peacock in scene: All right listen up. Advanced culinary guys, that’s you, you and you. If t... read more

Where Blankfein came from

He applied to Harvard Law School and was accepted, although he chalked it up to a predilection for accepting students at the law school from Harvard undergrad. “I don’t know ... million in August 2010 ... read more

Will D.C. Be the First U.S. City to Escape the Prison Trap?

“If you don’t have success in supporting these individuals,” she says, “there’s more crime, and more money than you’d spend otherwise on corrections at the expense of other public expenditures ... lik... read more

The 1996 Republican Party Platform

For millions ... of schools and child-care centers catering to poor families, restrictions on providing public services in fields like transport and sanitation, and rigged franchises that close the op... read more

The Secret Life of Gershon Burd

Three years later his parents immigrated to Chicago. Proud but non-observant Jews, they were not equipped to give their only son and two daughters a Jewish education. Greg went to public school ... I ... read more

Honolulu Says Farewell to Its Most Legendary Diner (and Craziest Tiki Bar)

Wailana catered ... million strong and he wanted me to sign a contract and become his wife. I was 29 years old and wasn’t married but I said, “I’m not that kind of girl.” I believe in true love. Denni... read more