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Check out this revealing (and entertaining) story by Chicago Reader’s Ben Joravsky about the maze of Chicago Public Schools spending and the difficulties in figuring out exactly where all the tax dollars are going and why.

Joravsky’s piece, “A …

Thousands of dollars in artwork, limos, expensive meals and liquor charges by employees of the Chicago Board of Education, such as former presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams, along with their staff, have come under scrutiny, the Chicago Sun-Times…

How is that $87.8 million spent?

A Chicago Tribune piece today discusses how the “state Board of Education is looking into questions about the “accountability and transparency” of millions of dollars in state money that Chicago Public Schools receives each …

Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the nation’s third largest district, bought 30 cappuccino machines for a culinary arts program. Many months after the purchases, 22 hadn’t been opened and one disappeared.

Three are in use — BUT, not for the …

Right before the holiday break (December 17th) Liberty Leader Jeff Singer presented a transparency proposal to the board of the Chicago Public Schools. The meeting got off to a bit of a late start due to the fact that CPS …

Liberty Leader Jeff Singer of Chicago is speaking in front of the CPS board today on the subject of fiscal transparency. Kate and I are at the meeting-along with Liberty Leader Adam Andrzejewski-to watch Jeff’s presentation. I will be live-blogging …