Urban Policy & Infrastructure
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Stand and Deliver: A Historical Perspective on Chicago’s Teachers Union Strike
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Understanding Chicago’s teacher union strike and its impact from a historical context.
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A Leg Up or a Boot Out?
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Are school closures improving student achievement or just moving kids around?
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An Insider’s Persceptive of Chicago Public Transit: A Conversation with James LaBelle
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Metropolis 2020’s Vice President and a Metra Board member discusses the state of Chicago public transit affairs from Bus Rapid Transit to fare raises.
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Housing Booms and Manufacturing Busts: Hidden Job Loss in the U.S.
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Authors locate the cause of the great recession in hidden weaknesses in the U.S. manufacturing sector
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Cubbies and Civil Rights: A Conversation with Chicago Alderman Thomas M. Tunney
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Alderman Thomas Tunney runs the 44th Ward like he runs his restaurant: by providing quick, efficient, and friendly service to the community.
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Can Head Start and State Pre-Kindergarten Play Nice?
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What does the expansion of preK services mean for Head Start?
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The Urban East
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The new Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook report looks at the international powerhouses of tomorrow
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Mid-sized Cities: Punching above their weight
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Medium sized cities are a major driver of economic growth in the American economy
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The Unlocked Door of the Foreclosure Crisis
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New research takes a second look at the substantial racial gap in the foreclosure crisis
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The Speed of Progress
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Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information discusses innovation in Internet policy