Chicago schools are out for the summer, but education reporting gets no such vaycay. A new study shows the revamped SATs don't do a better job of predicting college grades than the old SATs. The new test, which includes a writing portion, is, like the older test, a better predictor for women than men and for whites than minorities. What the study fails to mention is that the new SATs have also created an uncrossable......

It's not quite as awesome as snagging one of the solo seats on the bus or Brown Line, but getting the whole standing area to yourself is pretty awesome, On The Flipside. WBEZ condensed a day in the life of the Illinois Supreme Court into one awesome minute. (And...was that a shout-out to one of the State's most intriguing cases?) CPS teacher and NYT blogger Will Okun thinks Chicago high school basketball is pretty......