The Chicago Tribune (9/9, Hood, 475K) reports that in advance of his visit to Chicago on Friday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan sided with Mayor Rahm Emanuel in backing his push for a longer school day, calling the city's "short school day a 'disgrace.'" The Tribune reports that Duncan "said he wished he had had the groundswell of public support to extend the school day while he was in charge." Tomorrow, the article notes, Duncan "will lead a panel discussion on education reform beginning at noon Friday at Schurz High School on the Northwest Side."
The Chicago Sun-Times (9/9, Rossi, 241K) adds that Duncan said that the CPS deserves "the 'badge of shame" for having such a short school day, and he wished he could have lengthened it while he was Schools CEO here. 'Chicago has had the shortest day and year among [large] urban districts for far too long," Duncan told the Chicago Sun-Times." The article details the Chicago Teachers Union's opposition to the move.
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