WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% YOU. 00:02.000 --> 00:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:50% >> PARIS, THANK YOU. 00:03.000 --> 00:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> CHICAGO IS THE ONLY SCHOOL 00:05.000 --> 00:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT HAS 00:07.000 --> 00:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% AN APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD. 00:08.000 --> 00:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% A POLICY PUT IN PLACE WHILE 00:11.000 --> 00:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% RICHARD M. DALEY WAS MAYOR. 00:12.000 --> 00:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% THE ILLINOIS HOUSE 00:13.000 --> 00:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED A MEASURE 00:14.000 --> 00:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THAT BO ALLOW VOTERS TO ELECT A 00:19.000 --> 00:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% 21-MEMBER CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD. 00:21.000 --> 00:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% UNLIKE MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL, LORI 00:22.000 --> 00:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% LIGHTFOOT SUPPORTS AN ELECTED 00:24.000 --> 00:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% SCHOOL BOARD BUT CALLS A 00:26.000 --> 00:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% 21-MEMBER BOARD UNWIELDY AND 00:29.000 --> 00:34.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% SAYS IT IS A NONSTARTER. 00:31.000 --> 00:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% HERE ARE JESSE SHARKEY, THE 00:33.000 --> 00:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO 00:34.000 --> 00:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:40% TEACHERS' UNION. 00:35.000 --> 00:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% AND RUFUS WILLIAMS, THE FORM 00:37.000 --> 00:42.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO BOARD 00:38.000 --> 00:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% OF EDUCATION AND NOW PRESIDENT 00:39.000 --> 00:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF 00:42.000 --> 00:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% BBF FAMILY SERVICES FORMERLY 00:46.000 --> 00:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% KNOWN AS BETTER BOYS FOUNDATION. 00:48.000 --> 00:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 00:49.000 --> 00:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> CHICAGO IS THE ONLY CITY WITH 00:50.000 --> 00:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% AN APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD IN THE 00:52.000 --> 00:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% STATE. 00:53.000 --> 00:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% LET'S START WITH THE BENEFITS OF 00:55.000 --> 00:59.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:47.5% AN APPOINTED BOARD. 00:56.000 --> 01:02.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% RUFUS WILLIAMS WHAT ARE SOME OF 00:58.000 --> 01:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% THE BENEFITS? 00:59.000 --> 01:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% >> ONE SINCE CHICAGO HAS HAD AN 01:02.000 --> 01:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD WE HAVE 01:04.000 --> 01:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% SEEN INCREASES IN STUDENT 01:06.000 --> 01:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% ACHIEVEMENT. 01:06.000 --> 01:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% WE KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 01:07.000 --> 01:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% WHAT TAKES PLACE IN CHICAGO 01:10.000 --> 01:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% PUBLIC SCHOOLS IT'S THE MAYOR. 01:11.000 --> 01:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE ARE 01:13.000 --> 01:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TAKES PLACE 01:15.000 --> 01:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% IN THE SCHOOLS WE KNOW WHO TO 01:17.000 --> 01:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:42.5% HOLD ACCOUNTABLE. 01:18.000 --> 01:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% SINCE THE MAYOR HAS HAD CHARGE 01:19.000 --> 01:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% OF THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE SEEN A 01:21.000 --> 01:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% DRAMATIC INCREASE IN GRADUATION 01:23.000 --> 01:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% RATES. 01:23.000 --> 01:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE 01:26.000 --> 01:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% IN COLLEGE GOING RATES. 01:29.000 --> 01:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% 96% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND 01:31.000 --> 01:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% THE COUNTRY DO WORSE THAN 01:33.000 --> 01:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 01:35.000 --> 01:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% ELEVATING CHILDREN IN A 01:36.000 --> 01:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:42.5% FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 01:38.000 --> 01:45.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% IN CHICAGO THIRD-8TH GRADE THEY 01:41.000 --> 01:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% INCREASE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT FOR 01:43.000 --> 01:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% SIX YEARS IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 01:45.000 --> 01:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% SO ALL THOSE THINGS WHILE THERE 01:47.000 --> 01:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MAY 01:49.000 --> 01:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% FACTOR INTO THAT HAVING THE 01:51.000 --> 01:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ACCOUNTABILITY AND HAVING THIS 01:53.000 --> 01:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% INSTITUTION, THE LARGEST IN 01:54.000 --> 02:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% CHICAGO, A $6 BILLION 01:56.000 --> 02:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% INSTITUTION BE RESPONSIBLE TO 01:58.000 --> 02:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE MAYOR, WHERE THE MAYOR CAN 02:01.000 --> 02:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% PULL IN ALL THE SERVICES THE 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, 02:04.000 --> 02:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% TRANSPORTATION, ALL THOSE THINGS 02:06.000 --> 02:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THAT WRAP AROUND INSURING THAT 02:07.000 --> 02:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CHILDREN ARE BETTER, FALLS RIGHT 02:10.000 --> 02:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% WITHIN THAT. 02:11.000 --> 02:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% HAVING AN APPOINTED BOARD AND 02:12.000 --> 02:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% HAVING THE MAYOR RESPONSIBLE FOR 02:14.000 --> 02:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THAT CERTAINLY IS A BENEFIT TO 02:16.000 --> 02:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% AN APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD. 02:19.000 --> 02:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% >> JESSE SHARKEY DO YOU SEE ANY 02:20.000 --> 02:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% BENEFIT TO AN APPOINTED SCHOOL 02:22.000 --> 02:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% BOARD? 02:23.000 --> 02:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> I WOULD SAY THE FAILURES OF 02:24.000 --> 02:30.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD AND 02:26.000 --> 02:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% MAYORAL CONTROL ARE THE REASON 02:27.000 --> 02:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WHY THERE'S SO MUCH POLITICAL 02:30.000 --> 02:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% SUPPORT BEHIND AN ELECTED BOARD. 02:32.000 --> 02:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% I CAN LOOK AT A LEGACY OF USING 02:39.000 --> 02:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% PROBATION, A PENAL TERM TO TALK 02:41.000 --> 02:45.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ABOUT SCHOOLS WITH TEST SCORES 02:43.000 --> 02:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% LOW. 02:43.000 --> 02:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS NOT JUST THE 02:45.000 --> 02:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% 50 SCHOOLS RAM CLOSED IT WAS 02:50.000 --> 02:53.000 position:10%,start line:79.33% size:30% RAUM CLOSED. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 position:10%,start line:84.67% size:52.5% RAHM AND NOW IT'S 22% 02:55.000 --> 02:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% BESIDE A SET OF POLICIES WHICH 02:56.000 --> 03:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% TARGETED PEOPLE WITH MORE 02:58.000 --> 03:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% EXPERIENCE. 02:58.000 --> 03:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ALL THESE THINGS ARE DRIVEN BY 03:00.000 --> 03:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% AN APPOINTED BOARD IN A 03:03.000 --> 03:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE 03:06.000 --> 03:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% UNPOPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 03:07.000 --> 03:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE 03:08.000 --> 03:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:20% SERVING. 03:09.000 --> 03:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT 03:10.000 --> 03:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AND CHANGE 03:12.000 --> 03:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% THE POLICIES AND THE RESULT IS A 03:15.000 --> 03:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% POLITICAL GROUND SWELL A 03:18.000 --> 03:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% REVOLUTION AGAINST THE IDEA OF 03:19.000 --> 03:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:47.5% AN APPOINTED BOARD. 03:21.000 --> 03:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> THAT IS WHAT YOU FIND WRONG 03:22.000 --> 03:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% WITH THE APPOINTED BOARD. 03:24.000 --> 03:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO AN 03:26.000 --> 03:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:35% ELECTED BOARD? 03:27.000 --> 03:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> TO ME, DEMOCRACY GIVES THE 03:29.000 --> 03:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE MOST 03:31.000 --> 03:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE 03:33.000 --> 03:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% SCHOOLS, PARENTS MEMBERS OF OUR 03:35.000 --> 03:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% COMMUNITY A DIRECT SAY IN 03:37.000 --> 03:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% CHOOSING WHO GETS TO RUN THE 03:39.000 --> 03:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOLS 03:41.000 --> 03:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:20% SCHOOLS. >> RUFUS WILLIAMS DO YOU SEE ANY 03:44.000 --> 03:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% BENEFIT TO AN ELECTED SCHOOL 03:46.000 --> 03:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% BOARD? 03:46.000 --> 03:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> I THINK DEMOCRACY WORKS AS IT 03:49.000 --> 03:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:7.5% IS. 03:49.000 --> 03:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% DEMOCRACY WORKS BECAUSE WE ELECT 03:51.000 --> 03:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% A MAYOR AND THE MAYOR IS 03:53.000 --> 03:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCHOOLS. 03:54.000 --> 04:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% SO THE ISSUE THE CONCERN WITH AN 03:56.000 --> 04:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS TO 03:58.000 --> 04:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% INFUSE MONEY AND POLITICS INTO 04:00.000 --> 04:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. 04:03.000 --> 04:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE OFTEN 04:04.000 --> 04:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT COME WITH 04:06.000 --> 04:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING IN WRONG 04:09.000 --> 04:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:25% DIRECTION. 04:09.000 --> 04:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS WHAT 04:11.000 --> 04:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% HAPPENS TO CHILDREN AND WHAT WE 04:13.000 --> 04:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% SEE HAPPENING ARE CONTINUED 04:15.000 --> 04:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% GAINS UNDER MAYORAL CONTROL. 04:16.000 --> 04:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THERE IS NO REASON TO TRY AND 04:18.000 --> 04:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN. 04:19.000 --> 04:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% WHAT WE'RE SEEING ARE GAINS. 04:22.000 --> 04:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% GAINS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 04:23.000 --> 04:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% AND WE'RE SEEING GAINS AT THE 04:25.000 --> 04:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND A CLOSING 04:26.000 --> 04:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN 04:28.000 --> 04:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% CHICAGO GREATER THAN ANY OTHER 04:31.000 --> 04:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF 04:32.000 --> 04:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:22.5% ILLINOIS. 04:32.000 --> 04:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> AND THE HOUSE PASSED THE BILL 04:36.000 --> 04:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% 110-2 TO REPLACE THE APPOINTED 04:38.000 --> 04:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% BOARD WITH 20 ELECTED MEMBERS 04:41.000 --> 04:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% PLUS A PRESIDENT AND MAYOR-ELECT 04:44.000 --> 04:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% LORI LIGHTFOOT IS NOT IN FAVOR 04:46.000 --> 04:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% OF THAT CALLING 21 MEMBERS 04:49.000 --> 04:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:22.5% UNWIELDY. 04:49.000 --> 04:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% WHAT DO YOU THINK? 04:50.000 --> 04:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS 04:52.000 --> 04:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING 04:54.000 --> 04:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:17.5% BETTER. 04:54.000 --> 04:59.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% I THINK 21 BETTER WE HAVE SEVEN 04:57.000 --> 05:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% NOW. 04:57.000 --> 05:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% HAVING 21 COMING FROM ALL THE 04:59.000 --> 05:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% PLACES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND 05:01.000 --> 05:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% OF INTEREST WOULD BE SERVED BY 05:03.000 --> 05:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% HAVING THAT MANY PEOPLE. 05:05.000 --> 05:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT WE HAVE 05:08.000 --> 05:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% CURRENTLY AND WHAT WE'VE HAD 05:09.000 --> 05:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CHICAGO HAS NEVER HAD AN ELECTED 05:11.000 --> 05:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% SCHOOL BOARD. 05:12.000 --> 05:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN 05:14.000 --> 05:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% APPOINTED TO CHANGE THAT AS IT'S 05:16.000 --> 05:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WORKING, JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO 05:18.000 --> 05:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:50% MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. 05:20.000 --> 05:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% >> JESSE SHARKEY, 21? 05:22.000 --> 05:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> NUMBER ONE IT IS A QUESTION 05:23.000 --> 05:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% OF WHO IS -- 05:25.000 --> 05:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE 05:27.000 --> 05:34.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% INTERESTS OF DEVELOPERS, THE 05:31.000 --> 05:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% FINANCIERS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 05:32.000 --> 05:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% DONE WELL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO 05:34.000 --> 05:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% AND HAVE SET SCHOOL POLICY TO 05:36.000 --> 05:40.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% PRODUCE WHAT THEY WANT? 05:37.000 --> 05:42.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% OR THE INTEREST OF PARENTS AND 05:39.000 --> 05:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT 05:40.000 --> 05:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR SCHOOLS 05:42.000 --> 05:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% BE CLOSED AND DON'T WANT TO SEE 05:46.000 --> 05:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% RESOURCES SENT OUT OF THE 05:47.000 --> 05:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% SCHOOLS AND SENT TO TIF 05:50.000 --> 05:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:25% DISTRICTS. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE WELL 05:52.000 --> 05:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% SERVED BY AN EWILL BED SCHOOL 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% BOARD. 05:55.000 --> 06:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:55% AND THE BESIDES OF THE 05:56.000 --> 06:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% DELEGATION THAT REPRESENTS 05:57.000 --> 06:02.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:57.5% CHICAGO IN THE HOUSE OF 06:00.000 --> 06:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% REPRESENTATIVES IN SPRINGFIELD 06:01.000 --> 06:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:47.5% WHICH IS 19 PEOPLE. 06:02.000 --> 06:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF 06:05.000 --> 06:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% A DISTRICT REPRESENTATION OF AN 06:08.000 --> 06:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD THAT 06:09.000 --> 06:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% SOMEONE COULD KNOCK DOORS AND 06:11.000 --> 06:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WALK HAVE A RELATIONSHIP TO A 06:13.000 --> 06:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:32.5% NEIGHBORHOOD. 06:13.000 --> 06:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% WITH THE WEST SIDE BE 06:14.000 --> 06:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% REPRESENTED BY SOMEONE ON AN 06:16.000 --> 06:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD. 06:17.000 --> 06:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% WE WANT THE ANSWER TO THAT TO BE 06:20.000 --> 06:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:10% YES. 06:20.000 --> 06:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> AS RUFUS WILLIAMS MENTIONS HE 06:23.000 --> 06:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% FEELS IT WOULD BREED THAT 06:25.000 --> 06:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CULTURE OF POLITICS AND MONEY DO 06:26.000 --> 06:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CASE 06:29.000 --> 06:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% UNDER AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD? 06:31.000 --> 06:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> I THINK THE CULTURAL POLITICS 06:33.000 --> 06:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND MONEY IS WELL ENTRENCHED IN 06:35.000 --> 06:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% AN APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD. 06:37.000 --> 06:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% YOU HAVE DAVIDVIE TALLY WHO MADE 06:41.000 --> 06:47.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% $600 MILLION WORTH OF TOXIC 06:43.000 --> 06:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% SWAPS AND MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF 06:46.000 --> 06:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% MONEY FOR THE BANKING INDUSTRY 06:47.000 --> 06:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:50% THAT HE CAME OUT OF. 06:48.000 --> 06:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% HOW IS THAT NOT INFUSED WITH 06:52.000 --> 06:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:22.5% POLITICS? 06:52.000 --> 06:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ARTY DUNCAN, THE C.E.O. OF THE 06:55.000 --> 07:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:20% SCHOOLS. 06:55.000 --> 07:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% THIS IS A PERSON WHO CLOSED OVER 06:58.000 --> 07:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% 100 SCHOOLS THAT HE WAS BUILDING 07:00.000 --> 07:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% 100 PRIVATELY MANAGED CHARTER 07:03.000 --> 07:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% SCHOOLS AT THE SAME TIME THAT 07:04.000 --> 07:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% CHICAGO'S POPULATION WAS GOING 07:06.000 --> 07:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:12.5% DOWN? 07:06.000 --> 07:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% YOU CAN CROW ABOUT STUDENT 07:08.000 --> 07:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ACHIEVEMENT ON TEST SCORES AND 07:10.000 --> 07:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THAT IS EVERY 07:12.000 --> 07:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY 07:13.000 --> 07:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% HAS SEEN TEST SCORES GOING UP 07:15.000 --> 07:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% BUT YOU SHOULD MEASURE EVERYONE 07:18.000 --> 07:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% NOT KICK 10,000 PEOPLE A YEAR 07:19.000 --> 07:25.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% OUT AND SEE THEM GO AND MEASURE 07:22.000 --> 07:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THE TEST SCORES OF THE PEOPLE 07:25.000 --> 07:30.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:27.5% WHO REMAIN. 07:25.000 --> 07:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS AND 07:28.000 --> 07:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% THE TEACHERS NEED THE CREDIT AND 07:30.000 --> 07:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% THEY DON'T WANT -- 07:33.000 --> 07:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THEY WANT AN ELECTED SCHOOL 07:36.000 --> 07:40.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:15% BOARD. 07:36.000 --> 07:43.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% >> WHAT ABOUT A HYBRID BOARD? 07:38.000 --> 07:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% >> I WANT TO COMMENT TO THE 07:40.000 --> 07:46.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% POINT THAT JESSE MADE THE 07:43.000 --> 07:49.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% RESEARCHERS FROM STANFORD AND 07:44.000 --> 07:52.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO VERSE 07:46.000 --> 07:54.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% OF ILLINOIS ON SCHOOL RESEARCH 07:49.000 --> 07:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% THAT SHARED HOW THE CHILDREN 07:52.000 --> 07:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WERE ACHIEVING AND IT WAS NOT 07:54.000 --> 08:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% ABOUT THE CHILDREN REMOVED. 07:56.000 --> 08:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AROUND ANY WAS A C.E.O. OF THE 07:58.000 --> 08:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% SCHOOLS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL 08:00.000 --> 08:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% OF IT YOU CANNOT POINT TO ONE 08:01.000 --> 08:06.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND SAY THIS IS BAD BECAUSE IN 08:03.000 --> 08:08.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER 08:04.000 --> 08:10.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% OF SCHOOL BOARD LEADERS WHO HAVE 08:06.000 --> 08:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% BEEN APPOINTED AND WE TIP TO SEE 08:08.000 --> 08:12.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:40% THE INCREASES -- 08:10.000 --> 08:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASES IN 08:12.000 --> 08:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:45% THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 08:12.000 --> 08:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% AND I SAY ABOUT THE HYBRID IS 08:14.000 --> 08:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:12.5% THIS. 08:14.000 --> 08:19.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:47.5% WHAT WE HAVE WORKS. 08:15.000 --> 08:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% WE KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. 08:17.000 --> 08:23.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE 08:19.000 --> 08:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% SCHOOLS WHETHER THE ISSUE IS 08:21.000 --> 08:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% CLOSINGS OR ANYTHING ELSE, THE 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% ISSUE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 08:24.000 --> 08:31.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% SCHOOLS WE KNOW WHO TO HOLD 08:27.000 --> 08:34.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% ACCOUNTABLE. 08:27.000 --> 08:35.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% WE HOLD THE MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE 08:31.000 --> 08:37.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% AND THE MAYOR SHOULD HAVE THE 08:34.000 --> 08:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. 08:35.000 --> 08:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% >> JESSE SHARKEY HYBRIDS? 08:37.000 --> 08:42.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> I THINK THE KEY ISSUE THAT WE 08:38.000 --> 08:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% NEED TO DEAL WITH IS HOW TO GET 08:41.000 --> 08:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:62.5% DEMOCRACY IN OUR SCHOOLS. 08:42.000 --> 08:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND TO THAT I THINK YOU HAVE TO 08:44.000 --> 08:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:12.5% VOTE. 08:44.000 --> 08:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% YOU KNOW, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE 08:48.000 --> 08:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% BRINGING THE CONSULTING GROUP TO 08:51.000 --> 08:57.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% TELL SURE YEAH THE C.E.O. IS 08:53.000 --> 08:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% APPOINTED BUT THE C.E.O. IS 08:55.000 --> 09:01.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% APPOINTED BY AN APPOINTED BOARD. 08:57.000 --> 09:03.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP 08:58.000 --> 09:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% COMES IN AND TELLS FORREST 09:01.000 --> 09:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% CLAYPOOL HOW TO DESIGN A 09:03.000 --> 09:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% PROCEDURE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM 09:05.000 --> 09:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% GETTING SPECIAL ED SERVICES. 09:07.000 --> 09:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% THEY ARE OUTRAGEOUS AND BEING 09:09.000 --> 09:14.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% DONE BY AN APPOINTED BOARD 09:11.000 --> 09:16.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:52.5% INSULATED FROM DIRECT 09:13.000 --> 09:18.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:37.5% ACCOUNTABILITY. 09:14.000 --> 09:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% SURE, WE ELECT A MAYOR BUT THE 09:16.000 --> 09:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:70% MAYOR'S ELECTION IMMOBILIZES 09:18.000 --> 09:24.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND 09:20.000 --> 09:26.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% IT'S HARD FOR A NORMAL PARENT TO 09:22.000 --> 09:28.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE DIRECT 09:24.000 --> 09:29.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CONTROL HOW THEIR CHILD IS BEING 09:26.000 --> 09:32.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% EDUCATED BUT YOU CAN VOTE FOR 09:28.000 --> 09:33.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% THE MAYOR EVERY FOUR YEARS. 09:29.000 --> 09:36.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% >> IN THE LAST ELECTION WE HAD 09:32.000 --> 09:38.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:30% 33% TURNOUT. 09:33.000 --> 09:39.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% DO YOU THINK VOTER TURNOUT WOULD 09:36.000 --> 09:41.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% BE HIGHER IF WE WERE VOTING FOR 09:38.000 --> 09:44.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:60% AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD? 09:39.000 --> 09:45.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% >> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS LOS 09:41.000 --> 09:48.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% ANGELES SPENT $17 MILLION TO TRY 09:44.000 --> 09:50.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% AND AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND 09:45.000 --> 09:51.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% THE TURNOUT WAS LESS THAN 10%. 09:48.000 --> 09:53.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:65% FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS 09:50.000 --> 09:55.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AROUND THE COUNTRY THE TURNOUT 09:51.000 --> 09:56.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:42.5% IS LESS THAN 10%. 09:53.000 --> 09:58.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% A COUPLE MONTHS AGO FIVE MAYORS 09:55.000 --> 10:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% CAME TO CHICAGO TO TALK ABOUT 09:56.000 --> 10:00.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% HOW TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN THEIR 09:58.000 --> 10:04.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:67.5% CITIES AND WHAT THEY DID TO 10:00.000 --> 10:05.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:40% REDUCE VIOLENCE. 10:00.000 --> 10:07.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IN THAT 10:04.000 --> 10:09.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% CONVERSATION IS WASHINGTON D.C., 10:05.000 --> 10:11.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% WHO TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST THING 10:07.000 --> 10:13.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:77.5% THAT HE DID WAS GETTING CONTROL 10:09.000 --> 10:15.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:72.5% OVER THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT 10:11.000 --> 10:17.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% WAS THE MECHANISM HE WAS ABLE TO 10:13.000 --> 10:20.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% USE TO IMPROVE ACHIEVEMENT AND 10:15.000 --> 10:21.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:80% HELP TO BRING TOGETHER RESOURCES 10:17.000 --> 10:22.000 position:10%,start line:74% size:75% AND TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AS WELL