Author: WBEZ Chicago

Stanford political scientist Terry Moe argues that, while urban school systems are in desperate need of innovative reforms, productive change is often blocked by stiff resistance from education’s vested interests — notably, teachers unions and school boards. Moe joins Reset for the latest installment of our series “Re-imagine Chicago.”

A national coalition of teachers (“Rethinking Schools”) is pushing back against white backlash to antiracist school curriculum like Critical Race Theory (CRT). A Seattle-based teacher tells Reset how Black history in schools will help deconstruct systemic racism and break the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

Two veteran education journalists: WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp; and Lorraine Forte from the 'Chicago Sun-Times' editorial board and 'Catalyst Chicago' discuss the uphill history to improving Chicago area schools. From decades of reporting, they’ve seen and heard it all.

An infectious disease specialist shares the latest public guidance about COVID-19, boosters, mask mandates and more. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

In our final conversation for “Reimagine Chicago: Public Safety,” we talk to the deputy inspector general of Chicago and a civilian within the police department to discuss why some reforms are harder than others to get done. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

In the U.S. we’ve been trained to call 911 almost regardless of the circumstances, and who responds to those calls? Police officers. Even when they may not have specialized training for the crisis at hand. But what if it were different? What if police didn’t handle mental health calls? Or property crime? Or paperwork? Could fewer responsibilities lead to better policing? Reset explores those questions for the latest in our series, “Re-Imagine Chicago.” For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

U.S. police departments kill far more citizens per 10 million people than departments in any other developed nation. Why is that? And what can Chicago and other U.S. cities learn from other cities and countries? Reset brings on Washington Post columnist and author Radley Balko and Rutgers University sociologist Paul Hirschfield for the latest in our series “Re-Imagine Chicago.” For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Chicago has the second-largest police force in the country, one with a stained history and a complicated relationship with the communities it policies. So what would it take to achieve significant and efficient reform in CPD? For the latest in our series “Reimagine Chicago,” Reset digs into public safety and policing. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

The city mourns a slain officer, relations grow tense between Mayor Lightfoot and CPD, and the Mayor and police worsen, and Illinois is expected to win big in Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Reset goes behind the week’s headlines in the Weekly News Recap.