Education reform is at the top of every newly elected official's agenda.
So it comes an no surprise that Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, who replaced the 20-year-plus tenure of Richard Daley, has stepped into his new role with a mission to fix Chicago's public schools.
Interestingly, he has chosen to do what educators have debated about for years: extending the length of the school day and year. As the argument goes, in more competitive countries, school is a year-round endeavor. So why not here?
Emanuel's latest legislative maneuver attempts to test this plan out with small steps, something that might influence how other metropolitan school systems handle their calendars down the road.
Of course, in an era where most education news involves the phrase "cost cutting," one wonders how this plan will play out amongst the unions and fiscal conservatives.
For the present, however, Chicago students could take comfort in knowing that more school is coming their way!
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