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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (801736)8/15/2014 7:54:10 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) of 1576611
 
>I haven't followed it closely. What I do know is he's closed some schools which always pisses off parents.

He's been a huge supporter of charter schools while leaving the public schools out to dry. He and his compadre, Penny Pritzker, heiress to the Hyatt hotel chain and Obama national campaign treasurer, have basically said the public schools don't need things like arts and libraries while they send their kids to private schools that have an abundance of those things. They're also rabidly anti-teachers union, which is why the head of the teachers union is running against Rahm in the primary.

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