In an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune (6/29), Chicago blogger Dennis Byrne mocks the notion of teacher training days in the Chicago Public Schools, likening the concept to the notion of transit workers stranding commuters to "spend the day in 'professional development,' learning how to run equipment they are supposed to know how to run already." Byrne adds that the "issue came to light when new CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard recently said: 'We have 193 days of schools open, but only 170 days that kids can attend school. I'm not sure what happens in those 23 days the kids are not there, but we've got to change that.'"
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