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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

Chicago’s mayoral candidates have radically different approaches to fixing public schools. Here’s why.

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson (left) and Paul Vallas prepare for a mayoral debate at ABC7 Chicago’s studio Thursday. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Two candidates remain on the ballot for Chicago’s April 4 mayoral runoff election whose stories cannot be told without public schools: Paul Vallas, a former Chicago Public Schools CEO, versus Brandon Johnson, a Chicago Teachers Union official. 

Vallas built a long career on pledges he could give children a better education by reforming low-performing schools in dramatic and controversial ways.

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