Editorial: Lawmakers, pass a bill that protects Chicago’s selective schools and programs – Chicago Sun-Times

"Let’s be clear: Supporting this bill (originally filed as HB 5766) is not about maintaining the status quo for struggling neighborhood schools. Supporting the bill is about letting Chicagoans, as represented by a fully elected school board, decide the thorny question of CPS’s future, which has been brewing ever since the board passed a resolution late last year signaling its intent to focus on neighborhood schools and shift away school choice."