Dim view on Emanuel education policy, Tribune poll finds
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago voters hold a dim view of Rahm Emanuel's stewardship of public education after a tumultuous year that featured a teachers strike and the mayor's push to close many neighborhood elementary schools, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.
Disenchantment with Emanuel's education policy is particularly acute among minority voters, and that's helping drive up negative views of the mayor's overall job performance as he reaches the middle of his first term this week.
Nearly 6 of 10 surveyed said they disapproved of Emanuel's attempt to downsize elementary schools, while just a third approved. Those numbers closely mirror negative feelings about Emanuel's approach to public education, which he has labeled a top priority.
The general dissatisfaction was even greater among those with children in public schools — three-fourths disapproved. But even a majority of voters without so personal a stake expressed reservations about the way the mayor has dealt with Chicago Public Schools.
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Rahm is showing the outer limits of the "lesser of two evils" approach of corporate Democrats is wearing thin with the public.
It's little comfort when your kids school is closed to think that a Republican would have closed more schools and privatized the remainder for the benefit of wealthy donors faster than Rahm would.
When will the Democrats get back to giving us an actual choice instead of a corrupt echo?
Or will it take progressives coming together in one new party to their left?
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