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Yahoo News quotes Pauline Lipman, professor of educational policy studies, on the high rates of suspension, expulsion and teacher turnover in Success Academy, a chain of charter schools known for militaristic discipline.
GCI Director Teresa Córdova has signed on to a letter from national Latino leaders applauding the U.S. commitment to strengthen climate action.
WBEZ Chicago Public Radio interviewed P.S. Sriraj, research associate professor in the Urban Transportation Center, on the movement of low-income populations from Chicago to the suburbs and collar counties.
John Betancur, former GCI faculty scholar and associate professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in NextCity.org on the practice of real estate developers renaming neighborhoods or sub-neighborhoods.
The Chicago Sun-Times quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the likelihood of RTA fare increases and service cuts under the Rauner budget.
Globe St., a real estate website, interviewed Steve Schlickman, executive director of UTC, about a recent study that evaluated value capture as a means to finance transit improvements in several American cities.
In a column advocating a higher state income tax, Chicago Tribune columnist Melissa Harris cites a study by CUPPA's Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement that included a "gentrification index" showing that more Chicago neighborhoods are declining than are gentrifying.
Education Week quotes Pauline Lipman, former GCI research scholar and professor of educational policy studies, on discontent with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school policies among Chicago teachers and parents.
Community residents in three wards participated in this year’s Participatory Budgeting cycle: the 22nd Ward (Alderman Rick Muñoz), the 45th Ward (Alderman John Arena) and the 49th Ward (Alderman Joe Moore).
A Daily Herald story on Gov. Rauner's cuts in transit funding quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.