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Chicago School Draws Scrutiny Over Student Fines For Small Disciplinary Infractions

AP | By TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 02.21.2012

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CHICAGO -- A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from doz...

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Protesters End Sit-In At CPS School Slated For 'Turnaround'

Posted 02.19.2012

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Updated story A group of Chicago parents, students and activists on Friday began a sit-in inside, as well as an encampment outside, a West Side ele...

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Transforming the Public Education System in Chicago

Phyllis Lockett | Posted 04.04.2012

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Simply put, there are not enough great public schools in Chicago -- period. Our city needs more high-performing magnet, selective-enrollment, charter, turnaround and neighborhood schools in communities of highest need.

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Charter School CEO Slams 'Unfortunate' Chicago Public Schools

Posted 02.02.2012

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The Chicago Teacher's Union is demanding an apology from the CEO of New Schools for Chicago over comments she made at a recruitment event disparaging ...

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WATCH: Protesters Disrupt Chicago School Board Meeting

Posted 12.14.2011

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Updated story A Chicago Public Schools board meeting was disrupted early Wednesday after protesters spoke out against the district's proposed clo...

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12 New CPS-Proposed Charter Schools Met With Some Community Concern

Posted 12.13.2011

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Chicago Public Schools announced Monday their plan to open 12 new charter schools throughout the city over the course of the next two years while, at ...

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Chicago Charter Schools Return Erratic State Test Results

The Huffington Post | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 11.30.2011

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After being touted as the solution to low-performing Chicago public schools, state achievement test data released Wednesday showed erratic student per...

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Charters Line Up For Extended School Day Cash

Catalyst Chicago | Posted 12.28.2011

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday that most charter schools eligible for the financial incentives to lengthen the day by 90 minutes have quickly s...

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Chicago Charter School's 'A Disciplined Life' Program Could Spread Nationwide

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011

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The U.S. Department of Education announced more than $4 million in grants Monday that will be distributed to select charter schools across the country...

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Charters Ask CPS For More Funding: Will They Get It, And Should They?

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 10.01.2011

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There's a debate smoldering, just out of the media spotlight, behind the scenes of Chicago public policy. It's one that pits some of the city's wealth...

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Public Schools, Private Budgets: How Do Charter Schools Spend Their Money?

Chicago Reader | Posted by Gerry B. | Posted 09.21.2011

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In his first months in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been sending and resending the message that he wants his administration to be a model of transpa...

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Yes, Rahm, People Want Change -- Stop the False Charter School Rhetoric

Julie Woestehoff | Posted 06.06.2011

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Back in February, a group of CPS high-schoolers busted Rahm Emanuel's chops for making false statements about charter schools on the campaign trail. That didn't stop Rahm, though.

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Emanuel Heaps Praise On Below-Average Charter School

Posted 06.05.2011

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Rahm Emanuel spoke about his plans for Chicago's schools at an all-girls charter on the Near South Side Monday. The mayor-elect promised to push for a...

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Montessori School In Englewood? CPS Will Consider It

Chicago Breaking News | Noreen S. Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

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A charter for a proposed elementary school in Englewood will be considered Wednesday by the Chicago Public Schools board. The Montessori School of ...

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Exceptional Charter Sends 100 Percent Of Low-Income Grads To College... Again

Posted 05.25.2011

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For the second year in a row, an all-male charter school with students from the city's worst neighborhoods is sending its entire senior class to colle...

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CPS Board Approves Five New Charters At Contentious Meeting

Posted 05.25.2011

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A rancorous Chicago school board meeting last night ended with the approval of five new charter schools and a new magnet school, as hundreds of reside...

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Chicago Charter Schools: 1 In 10 Students Transfer Out

Catalyst Chicago | By Sarah Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's almost 8:21 a.m. at Gary Comer College Prep Charter, nearly a minute after the morning bell. On this sunny day, Principal James Troupis stands in...

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Oprah's Last Angel Network Check Helps Chicago Charter Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

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Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network gave out its last checks on Monday, and she showed her home town some love with her final donation. The LEARN Charter S...

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Helen Hawkins, Former Schools Official, Spent Thousands Of School Money On Designer Bags, Hair Products

Posted 05.25.2011

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Helen Hawkins, the former head of the Triumphant Charter school on the city's South Side, is facing jail time after using school funds to buy designer...

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Renaissance 2010: Huberman Plans Fewer New Charter Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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CEO Ron Huberman today announced six recommendations for new schools that he will submit to the Board of Education later this month--about a third mad...

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College From Pennsylvania to Chicago's South Side to the Future, With Fish

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Between the shootings steps from school boundaries and the domestic violence, there's not a whole lot of good news on the teen front. But I have some.

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More Charter Schools Allowed Under New Law

Chi-Town Daily News | ADRIAN G. URIBARRI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Advocates for charter schools Tuesday celebrated legislation that would allow for 120 charter schools in Illinois, 40 of them in Chicago....

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