Chicago Education Guide

The big news from yesterday’s Board of Education meeting: A collective of Englewood pastors protested a decision to award $5 million for mentoring services to the Pennsylvania company Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. The Tribune broke the story yesterday, noting that the pastors felt “purposely disrespected” and cut out of the bidding process by CEO Ron Huberman.
You can hear Huberman defend the move on WBEZ. Linda Lutton will also be on Eight Forty-Eight talking about the Board meeting, followed by Alex Kotlowitz, who will talk about his research on violence in…

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