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Into the christmas holiday, new year's holiday, we expected something similar. my particular job, my wife's job, they cancelled in-person jobs, they said you could work remote. surges were coming, and we couldn't travel to the downtown offices safely. i do believe at some point with the rates climbing as they are, we're going to see the same thing in the school system. we have been preparing for it, reacting the for the last two years, whenever the rules change. whenever the context changes, we have been adaptive and been able to adjust to it, and we're fortunate for that. >> really, what we a...

The reverend jesse jackson says it's a two-tiered school system benefitting certain schools over others. >> there's segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. >> these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. >> really good sales pitch. let's ...

Others. >> there's segregation system that undermines the law manufacture democratic mayor rahm emanuel has pushed the plan and is defending it. >> these turnaround schools, neighborhood turnaround schools, have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. and if i give them the chance of a good teacher an accountable principal and encourage parental involvement, our kids have a chance at a future. >> really good sales pitch. let's turn to karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. this is not about a teachers union....

To close or overhaul 17 schools. the plan shuts down under performing schools, which were already under-funded, under-resourced, leaving many poor communities without a neighborhood school. the reverend jesse jackson says it's a two-tiered school system benefits certain schools over others. >> segregation within our school system undermines the law. >> rahm emanuel pushed plan and is defending it. >> the schools turn around schools, neighborhood turnaround schools have seen double the improvements in math and reading that the cps system as a whole has. i want that for more kids. if i give them...