FOX Chicago Sunday: New CPS Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett
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By Darlene Hill, FOX 32 News reporter - bio | email
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -
After 17 months on the job, Chicago Public Schools Chief Jean Claude Brizard is out, and Barbara Byrd-Bennet is in.
The turnover at the top was officially announced Friday morning.
Byrd-Bennet joined FOX Chicago Sunday to talk about how she'll handle the new job, and why Mayor Rahm Emanuel thinks she'll be the best fit for one of the largest school systems in the nation.
She's no stranger to CPS. In fact, the Chicago Sun-Times reports she was instrumental to ending the first Chicago Teacher's Union strike in over 25 years, and will lead the implementation of the new contract.
State Senator John Cullerton talks about the $400 million he believes a big expansion of casino gambling would bring to the beleaguered state treasury.
State Senator John Cullerton talks about the $400 million he believes a big expansion of casino gambling would bring to the beleaguered state treasury.
Tanya Triche with the Illinois Retail Merchants Association says passing the bill to raise minimum wage to $10 an hour would hurt our already fragile economy.
Tanya Triche with the Illinois Retail Merchants Association says passing the bill to raise minimum wage to $10 an hour would hurt our already fragile economy.
Mike Flannery, along with a handful of other Chicago TV journalists, will be inducted Friday into the prestigious "Silver Circle" of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Mike Flannery, along with a handful of other Chicago TV journalists, will be inducted Friday into the prestigious "Silver Circle" of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Chicago Chapter.
