The Suburban Chill Toward Charter Schools by Mike Rhee For more than a decade, Chicago's school district has been turning to private companies to help educate its students. That help has come in the form of charter schools. Today, Chicago has 30 such schools. It's a very different picture in the suburbs, where districts have not embraced charter schools. Only two exist in the suburbs. But now, a group in Waukegan, Illinois is hoping to change that. Chicago Public Radio, 7/31/2008