In this audio recording, a panel of public-school advocates discuss the possibility for an elected school board in Chicago. The panelists: Delia Bonilla, local school council parent member, Ames Middle School; Will Guzzardi, Logan Square community advocate; Ben Joravsky, columnist for the Chicago Reader; Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union; and Pauline Lipman, professor of policy studies, University of Illinois (Chicago).

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether teacher tenure actually exists, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the number of Chicago charter schools having union representation, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the mistake of separating teachers from the union representing them, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on one of the phoniest issues in the education debate, and more.

Jaisal Noor of Free Speech Radio News reports on the corporate agenda to establish charter schools and supplant publicly-controlled neighborhood schools.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on what Mayor Emanuel knows about the school system or, for that matter, the city, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why charters might reject the "public school" label, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on deficiencies of Chicago Public Schools' new report card on school performance, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on origins of black patronage at Chicago Public Schools HQ, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on what Mayor Emanuel's decision to send his kids to a private school says, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether Chicago Public Schools' do-not-hire practices have changed under Supt. Brizard, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether teachers' 75 percent minimum membership requirement for a strike vote hobbles their union, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on what lies behind the motive to get rid of teachers, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how Chicago Public Schools handle the re-applications of teachers in turnaround schools, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how public school students get into particular high schools, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why using tax-increment financing to build new schools works against the school system's interests, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why charter schools' ability to get rid of troublesome kids invalidates comparisons with non-charters, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky about the difference between magnet, charter, and selective-enrollment schools, and more.