Noor gave added detail to Glen Ford in an interview on Black Agenda Radio.
Noor's report includes this admission by Tim Cawley, chief administrative officer for Chicago Public Schools (CPS): CPS has a policy not to spend infrastructure money on neighborhood schools, no matter how well they perform, that don't undergo a turnaround or other "fresh start."
"We really believe," said Cawley, "the investment in the facility makes sense when it's partnered with a program change. So in going into those schools without doing a more comprehensive change—just painting the walls, and putting new lighting in, and creating a more positive interior—when nothing else has changed at the school, doesn't get you the same return on the investment as it does when it's a fresh start."
When hired by CPS in 2011, Cawley received a residency waiver because he lived in Winnetka.
Audio from FSRN (30 minutes): click here
Audio interview from Black Agenda Radio (9.5 minutes):
