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Chicago's Students Deserve Acts of Heroism

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 05.23.2013 | Chicago
Dennis Van Roekel

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to shutter 50 (yes, 50) schools won't be good for Chicago's children, especially children of color.

Chicago Board OKs Largest Planned Public School Shutdown In U.S. History

Posted 05.22.2013 | Chicago

Updated story The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close fifty Chicago Public schools, one of them delayed a year, in the nation's thi...

Kim Bellware

PHOTOS: Protesters Clash With Cops At School Closing Rally

HuffingtonPost.com | Kim Bellware | Posted 05.21.2013 | Chicago

Three days of Chicago Teachers Union-led marches in protest of the Chicago Public School district's plan to close 54 schools ended with a rush hour ra...

Chicago Board Of Ed Slapped With Stunning Lawsuit

Posted 05.15.2013 | Chicago

With the Chicago Board of Education set to vote in a week on closing 54 of the city's public schools and co-locating 11 others, the Chicago Teachers U...

Students At CPS High School Stage Walkout For Fired Teachers

Posted 05.04.2013 | Chicago

Story by Paul Biasco, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: LINCOLN PARK — Hundreds of Lincoln Park High School students walked out of class Friday morning i...

Group Asks Oscar-Winning Alum To Help Avoid CPS School's Closure

Posted 04.30.2013 | Chicago

Story by Wendell Hutson, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: ENGLEWOOD — A South Side nonprofit fighting to keep Elihu Yale Elementary School open has prop...

School Closings Pose Big Challenge for Chicago Public Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 04.25.2013 | Chicago
Lorraine Forte

As the saying goes, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Unfortunately, that saying does not bode well for the thousands of children who will be displaced when 54 schools shut down this year.

CPS Consults Gang Boundaries Amid School Closure Plan

AP | SARA BURNETT | Posted 04.15.2013 | Chicago

CHICAGO -- The Rev. Robin Hood stands in front of an elementary school in what's known as "The Holy City" – the Chicago neighborhood where the n...

Hoping To Save Their Schools, CPS Families 'Walk The Walk'

Posted 04.09.2013 | Chicago

In the ongoing battle to save schools from the Chicago Public School district's list of 54 proposed closures, Tuesday is the day many will "walk the w...

Parents Frustrated By Lack Of Response At School Closing Meetings

Posted 04.07.2013 | Chicago

Story by Erica Demarest, courtesy DNAinfo Chicago: NEAR WEST SIDE — Many concerns and questions, but no answers. That’s how it went for parents...

CPS CEO Calls School Closing Racism Charges 'An Affront'

Posted 04.04.2013 | Chicago

In a Wednesday school board meeting defending the district's plan to close 54 neighborhood elementary schools, Chicago Public School CEO Barbara Byrd-...

4 Years In A Row: 100 Percent Of School's Graduates College-Bound

Posted 03.29.2013 | Chicago

For a remarkable fourth consecutive year, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Academies schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities thi...

Rahm Breaks His Silence On School Closings

AP | SARA BURNETT | Posted 03.25.2013 | Chicago

CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn't interested i...

Parents, Activists, Aldermen Dig In For Battle Over School Closings

Posted 03.23.2013 | Chicago

After Chicago Public Schools officials on Thursday unveiled their plan to shutter 54 of the district's elementary schools, the Chicago Teachers Union,...

Joy Resmovits

Chicago To Shut Down 54 Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.22.2013 | Chicago

Citing budget concerns and falling enrollment, Chicago Public Schools officials announced Thursday they plan to close 54 schools next year and shut do...

Charter Schools Shocked To Land On CPS' 'Warning List'

Posted 02.28.2013 | Chicago

Charter schools are the latest — and most surprising — addition to the chorus of voices unhappy with the Chicago Public School's closure process f...

CPS Could Be Sued Over Black History Curriculum

Posted 02.17.2013 | Chicago

Story by Wendell Hutson, courtesy of DNAinfo Chicago: CHATHAM — State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) is urging a community group to file a lawsuit...

Preliminary CPS School Closing List Roils Community Groups

Posted 02.14.2013 | Chicago

Chicago Public Schools' release of a preliminary list of 129 of the district's 681 schools that are eligible for closure by June was met with disgust ...

129 Schools Named To Preliminary CPS Closure List

Posted 02.13.2013 | Chicago

Updated story Two days ahead of the release of a preliminary list of Chicago Public Schools that are slated to be closed, Alderman Proco "Joe" More...

Panel To CPS: Don't Close Any High Schools

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2013 | Chicago

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A commission charged with helping the Chicago public school system decide which schools...

3 Teachers, Union Sue CPS Alleging Racial Discrimination

Posted 12.27.2012 | Chicago

Three African-American teachers filed suit Wednesday against the Chicago Board of Education Wednesday alleging that the district's school turnaround p...

The "Justification" for Closing Schools in Chicago

Dave Stieber | Posted 02.04.2013 | Home
Dave Stieber

This city has consistently failed communities. Instead of trying to improve, fully fund, and help communities and their schools, Rahm and Barbara Byrd-Bennet believe to really "help" a community it is best to close their schools.

Dear Santa: Please Save Head Start

Jacqueline Edelberg | Posted 02.03.2013 | Home
Jacqueline Edelberg

Dear Santa, I imagine you don't get too many letters from pre-kindergarteners who haven't held a pencil or sung the alphabet or haven't heard a bedtime story.

Lessons Learned from Launching a Proven Educational Model in a City That Needs It: Citizen Schools Illinois

Bryce Bowman | Posted 02.03.2013 | Chicago
Bryce Bowman

Launching a new organization is never easy and there are many moving parts. In urban education, there are a lot of complex moving parts. Here are my greatest takeaways from the last nine months with Citizens Schools.

Corporations Taking a Stand for Public Education

Jamal Cornelious | Posted 02.03.2013 | Chicago
Jamal Cornelious

Citizen Schools partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities. We are promoting student achievement, transforming schools and re-imagining education in America.