Paul Vallas

Chicago's long-neglected investment in EMS services has cost the city lives and income.

The Illinois Education Association is to be commended for moving quickly to restore accountability for bad student behavior.

No matter which way it’s sold, the CTU deal will stick taxpayers with another unaffordable contract that further degrades school quality.

Chicago’s Cradle to the Classroom program in the 1990s enjoyed unprecedented success at helping teen mothers.

The Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding's new recommendations ignore the cause of inequities in higher education.

The union's aim is to eliminate public school choice and strengthen its monopoly while protecting its members' jobs.

Chicago police officers are too often are hired and then promoted into leadership without the needed competencies and experience.

Illinois ranks last or near the bottom among states in studies on racial equality. At the same time, study after study shows Illinois ranked among the highest in the nation...

Illinois taxpayers foot the bill for a migrant crisis exacerbated by executive overreach and legislative dereliction.

The CTU seems to believe that it’s impossible to improve student outcomes unless most of the city treasury is funneled into schools.