After the death of Jayden Perkins reportedly by his mother’s abuser, Illinois must increase the penalties for violating an order of protection.
Category: Commentary
Paul Vallas: CTU’s Sustainable Community Schools model is a Trojan horse
The union’s aim is to eliminate public school choice and strengthen its monopoly while protecting its members’ jobs.
David Greising: Illinois Tier 2 pension promise needs to be fixed
Illinois’ Tier 2 benefits are not growing as fast as Social Security checks, and this violates a safe-harbor provision in federal law.
Eric Herman: Confessions of a Duke Ellington convert
After having been raised on a diet of punk rock and MTV. I am making up for my tardiness with the zeal of a convert.
Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers
Single parents living with their child and a grandparent in a multigenerational household can help stabilize low-income families economically.
Rep. Vernon G. Smith: Indiana Republican education policies have failed to address the root of our problem
Instead of robust solutions, the Republican legislative supermajority in Indiana churns out a patchwork of special interest-backed policies.
Jeb Bush: What the US can learn from Indiana’s high school redesign
Indiana recently proposed a high school redesign that will set young adults up for real success as they transition into college or the workforce.
Clarence Page: A new Chicago mayor faces similar issues to the ones that dogged Richard J. Daley in 1968
A Democratic National Convention approaches in Chicago as the winds of protest howl, just as they did in 1968.
John Atkinson: Illinois is righting the ship for economic development
A look at what’s really happening to the economy in Illinois. Momentum is on our side.
Shmuly Yanklowitz: The border crisis demands our humanity. Passover reminds us how.
Like us in America, the Egyptians had a reason to feel overwhelmed. They are judged by history based not on their fear, but on how they choose to respond.