Court Watching Report: Cook County Central Bond Court
Below is our Court Watching Report for the Cook County Central Bond Court, released 2011....
Finding the “Fat Catchers” of Criminal Justice
This editorial originally appeared at The Huffington Post. Cook County criminal justice can learn some valuable lessons from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Oakland A's. Namely, experts are often overconfident. They make mistakes because they see the world from a narrow, limited per...
“Are there better ways to do our business?”
So asks New York State Chief Judge Jonathon Lippman, who has work within New York's court system for over forty years, 15 of them as a judge. During a recent interview with The Center for Court Innovation, Judge Lippman says the title question is what led New York to begin reforming its court system...
Community-Involved Efforts Lead to Record CPS Attendance Levels
Chicago Public Schools enjoyed a 94.7% attendance rate on the district's first day of school. The turnout this Tuesday marks a four-year high, and a jump from 92.9% last year. CPS attributes the turnout largely to coordinated efforts among the schools, community organizations, and families. One of...
CPS Principal Pay-for-Performance Plan Opens the Door for Community Schools
Merit pay is a notoriously tricky business. Reward short-term returns and you hang the future out to dry. Or, as we've seen in a growing number of school districts across the country, you run the risk of teachers and administrators taking shortcuts (ie, cheating) to grab the brass ring. Mayor Emman...