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Report: CPS Teachers Already Work A Very Long School Day

Posted 04.14.2012

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As the debate over how long the Chicago Public Schools school day should be wages on, a new analysis released this week lends credence to the argument...

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Does Teacher Incentive Program Work? Report Shows No Student Improvement

Posted 03.09.2012

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A four-year pilot program in Chicago's Public Schools that focused on increasing teachers' access to self-improvement programs was recently evaluated ...

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WATCH: Protesters Take School Closure Protest To Rahm's House

Posted 02.21.2012

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Parents, teachers and community members opposed to school closures gathered outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's North Side home Monday evening, holdi...

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In Defense Of The Mic Check

Kenzo Shibata | Posted 02.19.2012

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Kenzo Shibata

After years of attending Chicago Board of Education monthly meetings, I left one where the community was actually heard. During the "public participation" segment of the meeting, a lone voice stopped the business-as-usual.

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As Battle Over Longer School Day Continues, Students Head Back To Class

Posted 11.06.2011

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Chicago Public School students returned to class Tuesday following a dramatic summer for their teachers and new CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard. An e...

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Rahm Faces Tough Questions, Hecklers At Second Town Hall

Posted 11.01.2011

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While Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's second town hall meeting this week was reportedly less heated than a Monday meeting where Emanuel was briefly booed...

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Lawsuit, Teacher Layoffs Follow Wisconsin Budget Signing

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.30.2011

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Just days after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the state's budget with massive cuts to education funding, Wisconsin's teachers are on the chop...

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Report: CTU President Is Vacationing To Hawaii Amid Negotiations

Posted 08.17.2011

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Karen Lewis may well be regretting the timing of her rumored upcoming vacation. Michael Sneed, the ever-astute gossip columnist at the Chicago Sun-...

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Illinois Teacher Accountability Now Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.13.2011

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With the flick of Gov. Pat Quinn's (D) wrist, an Illinois law that changes the rules governing how teachers can be hired and fired became official Mon...

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Some Illinois Public School Teachers Earning Six-Figure Salaries, But Not Many

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 07.31.2011

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Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher? Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Townshi...

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In Illinois, Reform Achieved Through Collaboration -- For The Most Part

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.13.2011

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What’s next for Illinois teachers? Following the passage of sweeping education reform, advocates, lawmakers and teachers unions are breathing a t...

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Parent Group Claims That CPS Wrongfully Flunks Students

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of Chicago Public School students have been unfairly flunked and forced to repeat a grade due to broken promises by CPS officials in impleme...

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Rahm Emanuel Undecided On Whether Kids Will Attend Chicago Public Schools

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel wants to increase teacher training programs but says he won't commit to sending his kid...

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'Oral History Project' Takes An Inside Look At Chicago Classrooms

Posted 05.25.2011

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In popular culture, American teachers are sometimes idealized as the visionaries portrayed in films, quickly able to turn around the lives of troubled...

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CPS Layoffs: 400 Teachers To Get The Ax This Week

Chicago Sun-Times | NASA Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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It has begun. The first round of the long-anticipated, school-based layoffs by Chicago Public Schools to deal with a record $370 million budget defici...

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Karen Lewis, New Chicago Teachers Union President, Opposes Mayor's Education Agenda

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Lewis, a high school chemistry teacher who has been a fierce opponent of Mayor Daley's Renaissance 2010 program to shake up and rejuvenate publi...

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Chicago Teachers Union To Sue Over 'Unsafe' Class Sizes

Chicago Sun-Times | Off the Kuff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Teachers Union officials vowed to file suit today, charging that plans to raise city class sizes to 35 are unsafe and violate the municipal co...

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No Clear Winner In Teachers Union Race

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to a crowded field of candidates, no clear winner emerged in Friday's election for the next Chicago Teachers Union president -- prompting a run...

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NIGHTMARE: School Board Approves 35-Student Classrooms

Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite protests from students, parents and teachers, the Chicago School Board voted unanimously to allow Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman to m...

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CPS To Teachers: Pay City Debts Or Face Firing

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new memorandum circulated today by the school district forcing employees to pay outstanding city debts, under threat, was met with an outcry. ...

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FED UP: Teachers, Students Take To The Streets To Protest Budget Cuts As Execs Take Raises

Posted 05.25.2011

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The fate of many state programs now lies in the hands of Governor Pat Quinn. After threatening to chop $1.3 billion from the education budget if a tax...

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Documents Show CPS Could See 37-Student Classrooms, Loss Of Non-Varsity Sports, Teacher Layoffs

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Schools CEO Ron Huberman Monday briefed principals on the grim possibility of class sizes of 37 kids, no non-varsity sports, and cutbacks in a...

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After Three Weeks, Thousands Of CPS Students Still Without Teachers

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is the third week of school in Chicago. But thousands of high school students still haven't met their teachers....

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Chicago Adds More High-Level Teachers

Chicago Public Radio | Julia McEvoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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A record number of nationally certified teachers are now working in Chicago Public schools. Last year, more than 320 Chicago teachers became National...

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