Mrs. Sarah Karp
Deputy Editor, Catalyst-Chicago

Karp joined Catalyst in 2006 after writing for five years for Catalyst's sister publication, The Chicago Reporter, where she covered children and family issues. She has won numerous journalism awards, including the Sidney Hillman Award and several Peter Lisagors from the Chicago Headline Club. Before joining Catalyst, Karp was project director at Youth Communication, which publishes New Expression, a newspaper written by and for teenagers. She also has reported for the Daily Southtown and the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Karp covers high schools, student issues and special education.
Selective schools diversity
March 17, 2010 - 10:18amOne idea that has been floated is to guarantee seats to the valedictorian and salutatorian at each elementary school. The argument for this approach is that it would...
How's Huberman doing?
February 8, 2010 - 2:49pmWhen we at Catalyst first heard that Ron Huberman was taking over the school system, we had to quickly do a Google search. His name sounded familiar as head of CTA...