CPS Interim CEO Jesse Ruiz on District's Finan
Clip: 7/14/2015 | 14m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Interim schools chief Jesse Ruiz joins us to discuss the financial challenges facing CPS.
Interim schools chief Jesse Ruiz joins us to discuss the financial challenges facing the Chicago Public Schools. A budget for schools released Monday has the district spending $500 million more than it has, which Clarice Berry, president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association, likened to writing a bad check and Jesse Sharkey of the Chicago Teachers Union called a "fantasy."
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CPS Interim CEO Jesse Ruiz on District's Finan
Clip: 7/14/2015 | 14m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Interim schools chief Jesse Ruiz joins us to discuss the financial challenges facing the Chicago Public Schools. A budget for schools released Monday has the district spending $500 million more than it has, which Clarice Berry, president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association, likened to writing a bad check and Jesse Sharkey of the Chicago Teachers Union called a "fantasy."
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