Candidates' views on education

Catalyst Chicago asked each of the candidates their positions on the most important issues facing Chicago Public Schools. Here are their responses.

Gery Chico Gery Chico is a lawyer in private practice who served as Mayor Richard M. Daley’s chief of staff from 1992 to 1995. In his 1995 take-over of the school system, Daley named Chico > read more	Miguel del Valle Miguel del Valle was elected City Clerk of Chicago in 2006, following almost 20 years in the Illinois Senate, where he chaired the elementary and secondary education committee. > read more	Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel resigned as White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama to run for mayor. Previously, he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, rising to the post of Democratic > read more
Carol Moseley Braun Carol Moseley Braun is a lawyer who served one term in the U.S. Senate, losing her re-election bid in 1998 to Republican Peter Fitzgerald. President Clinton then appointed her U.S. ambassador to > read more	William Walls III William Walls III is a community activist and director of Committee for a Better Tomorrow. Previously, he was national political director for Rainbow PUSH. He entered politics as an > read more	Patricia Van Pelt Watkins Patricia Van Pelt Watkins is the founding executive director of Target Area Development Corporation, a nonprofit community organization, and a founding board member of Advance Illinois, > read more
Fredrick White Fredrick White is a truck driver who as served in the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, and the Bureau of Forestry. > read more