The Illinois Problem
Invited Guest Editors:
Jessica A. Heybach, Aurora University
Eric C. Sheffield, Western Illinois University

Complete Issue

Individual Manuscripts:

Introduction: The Illinois Problem
Jessica A. Heybach & Eric C. Sheffield

Chi-Town Educator and Community-Based Activism: Confronting a Legacy of Education Privatization in the Nation’s Windy City
T. Jameson Brewer, Julian Vasquez Heilig, Michelle Strater Gunderson, & Jitu Brown

Chicago’s Consensus Democracy: The Suppression of Public Power in Public Education
Angela Kraemer-Holland

Why Chicago Students Fight and How We can Teach Others to Fight
Ashley Allen

The Death Spiral of Contemporary Public Higher Education
Chris Higgins

Public Transparency, Student Privacy, and Technological Persuasion in Education: Refining Some Concerns of Opt Out
Becky L. Noël Smith

Gaining Ground: Charter Schools and Urban Neoliberalization
Nicholas Eastman

Contributors