Chicago School Closings

Missed Opportunities

DeAngelo Bester | Posted 05.16.2012

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Making sure everyone pays their fair share is extremely important, but we need to make sure that the money generated is used for programs and services that invest in human needs, redress inequalities and expand opportunities for everyone.

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Mend Fences, Build Better Schools for Chicago

Lorraine Forte | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Education, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Turnarounds, Chicago Schools, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public School Turnarounds, Chicago Public School Closings, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools may feel an unprecedented effort was made this year to reach out regarding turnarounds. However, while Mayor Emanuel has a point when he says the protests are "noise associated with change," that's not the whole story.

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Playtime's Over: CPS To Reopen Schools On Friday

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's back to school tomorrow for over 400,000 students in Chicago, as the city's school system announced that it will reopen after back-to-back snow d...

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CPS School Closings: Huberman Will Involve Parents And Community Leaders Earlier In Process

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bowing to complaints about a secretive process for determining school closings, Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman today unveiled plans to involv...

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Chicago Board Of Education OKs Closings And Overhauls At Eight Chicago Public Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools President Ron Huberman received the go-ahead Wednesday night from the Board of Education to move forward with a controversial p...

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A View From the Cot

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago School Closings, Homelessness, Marilyn Stewart, Chicago Public Schools, Renaissance 2010, Lincoln Park High School, Isat, Ron Huberman, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago News

During third period your mind wanders. You wonder if you're the only kid in your class who is living in a homeless shelter.

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Mayor Daley: Failing Chicago Schools A 'Major Achievement'?

Posted 05.25.2011

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CBS reporter Mike Flannery proved this week that you can learn a lot by riding alongside Mayor Daley in his town car for a while--like the fact that t...

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St. Athanasius Closed: Evanston Elementary School Shut Down After Swine Flu Scare

CBS2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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A rash of students out sick with flulike symptoms has shut down a Roman Catholic elementary school in Evanston....

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Rash Of Teen Deaths, Violence Due To School Reform?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...

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Bill Changing Public School Closing Process Passes House

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools could be forced to change its process for closing or consolidating schools under a bill passed Friday in the Illinois House. ...

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The Carpenter Case: School Reprieves Raise More Questions

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why, out of all the small and struggling schools in the district, were these ones put on that list in the first place? Would more attention to detail have spared some of the other schools?

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CPS Closures: Six Schools Spared, Will Be Kept Open

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Six of 22 schools will be spared closure or shakeups, Chicago public school officials said Monday, just two days before a School Board vote on the iss...

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Beyond School Closings

Curtis Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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CPS critics have long advocated a plan that would provide transparency and accountability, ranking projects by need and ensuring that resources are distributed equitably.

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New CPS Head Huberman Booed At School Forum

Chicago Tribune | Carlos Sadovi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newly-installed Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman today was booed by a crowd of parents, teachers and community officials upset about plans to...

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CPS School Closings List

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools leaders released the list of schools Friday they plan to close, consolidate, gradually phase out or attempt to turn around. The...

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CPS Announcing School Closings

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan will recommend today that some two dozen schools be closed or consolidated. Schools will be shut down for tw...

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Chicago Weather: Frigid Temperatures Through Friday, Wind Chill Plunging, School Closings

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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SCROLL DOWN FOR LATEST UPDATES AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FRIDAY 1/16 2:30 P.M. The temperature briefly reached above zero today, before plunging back ...

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Poor Kids Kicked Out For Rich Kids' School: Principal

Chicago Sun-Times | Maudlyne Ihejirika | Posted 05.25.2011

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As word filtered down at Carpenter Elementary, some parents said they felt as if they'd had the air knocked out of them. The Near West Side school Th...

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20 Chicago Schools To Close Or Merge

Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools are expected to announce plans next month to close or consolidate at least 20 schools next school year -- up from 18 last year....

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