CLOUT: Chicago "Clout" Story Goes National, Heads Duncan's Way

NPR's Morning Edition is the first national news outlet to run a story about the federal investigation of clout in the Chicago public school system (Elite Chicago Public Schools Admissions Probed). 

Meantime, a local TV news station in Chicago aired footage of the mayor being asked Arne Duncan's possible role in the mess. "You don't know, it all depends -- you have to find out," says Daley.  Watch video below.

 

On Saturday, Duncan's spokespeople said that they didn't have anything to say about this:"The Department of Education has nothing to say at this point." Feds Start Investigation Of Chicago Schools