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Lorraine Forte
Editor in Chief, Catalyst Chicago
She first worked for Catalyst as managing editor from 1991 to 1996, then joined the Chicago Sun-Times as a staff reporter. She has also worked as a writer/producer for TV and as reporter for the Daily Southtown. She received a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Ohio State University.
Teacher pay
July 23, 2010 - 8:41amI'm willing to have my tax dollars go for hefty salaries, including "whatever the market will bear" for teachers who have to teach reading to 9th-graders who come in...
Class sizes
May 26, 2010 - 9:22amA teacher friend of mine once said "Most of the problems in schools could be solved if we just had 12 kids in a class." She is an ESL teacher in a working-class...
School closing and turnarounds
May 12, 2010 - 12:18pmI applaud the board for making the first step an outreach to let people know the real state of their schools. It's understandable that parents want to keep their...
LSCs future?
March 1, 2010 - 1:30pmGood points by all. One thing that has not been pointed out much, if at all, is the fact that CPS has had the final say-so over principalships at poorly-performing...
What's next for NCLB?
February 18, 2010 - 11:27amMy fear is that partisan politics will continue to stymie progress in rewriting NCLB. Given the current climate in Washington, I expect, unfortunately, that attempts...
How's Huberman doing?
February 8, 2010 - 4:40pmMany of what our respondents have said hit on some key points. It would have been refreshing if the mayor's office had conducted a national search for a top-notch...
Will turnarounds work?
February 3, 2010 - 2:04pmThanks for all of your comments. Everyone raised good points--about the need to create better learning environments for kids, to be clear about the 'why' before...