Gatehouse Media reports on the differences between Bruce Rauner and JB Pritzker on education. From the story:
There’s the ultra-political. Should Chicago have an elected school board? Pritzker says yes. Rauner says no.
Then, there’s the highly controversial. Should a private school tax credit scholarship program that most public education supporters oppose be expanded? Rauner says yes. Pritzker says no.
The candidates veer back into the same lane when it comes to investing more in public education and addressing widespread funding inequities in school districts across the state. But even then, education leaders say, they speak different languages when it comes to how that will happen.
“This election is going to have a big impact on public education in Illinois,” said Brian Harris, president of the state’s Large Unit District Association. “Both Pritzker and Rauner — they both say they want to be the education governor, but they have a different perspective on it.”