An Open Letter to Our Next Schools Chief

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why using tax-increment financing to build new schools works against the school system's interests; whether tax-increment financing affects where and when to build new schools; and imagining an elected school board. Length 8.3 minutes.

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Article: "An Open Letter to Our Next Schools Chief" (AKA "An Open Letter to Chicago Public Schools' New CEO" (Chicago Reader)

Ben Joravsky TIF Schools