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Black Aldermen Call New CPS Admissions Policy Racist

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN AND ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Cps Admissions, Anthony Beale, Cps, Fredrenna Lyle, Chicago Public Schools Admissions, Cps Clout, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News

A new admissions policy for elite Chicago public schools is little more than a plot to free up seats for middle-class white families tired of paying p...

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I'd Love To Talk To You, But There's An Ongoing Investigation

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Huberman CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Board of Education, Clare Munana, Chicago 2016, Mayor Daley, Michael Scott, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

The Chicago Board of Education's reimbursement process has been shrouded in mystery ever since Michael Scott used his board credit card to take his wife to Copenhagen for the Olympic bash.

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Obama's Election: Destiny Called

Charles Madigan | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Supporters, Chicago Public Schools, Bridge to Nowhere, Sarah Palin, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Cps, Barack Obama Race, Republican Convention, Barack Obama, Chicago News

It sounds arrogant--"I'm going to find a new way to write about politics" -- but that was my objective with Destiny Calling: How the People Elected Barack Obama. A new kind of history was being written.

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Will Illinois Education 'Race to the Top'? There's Hope on the Horizon

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The-New-Teachers-Project, Teach for America, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Race to the Top, Chicago News

I majored in economics -- a field that entails heaps of calculus -- but the state thinks I'm not qualified to teach math. This bizarre situation is a result of the Board of Ed's certification requirements.

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Michael Scott, Ally and Protector of The Invisible Ones

Zondra Hughes | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Scott Suicide, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Scott, Michael Scott Death, Chicago News

We can only hope that those who knew Michael Scott will continue his quest to educate, protect and uplift the invisible ones who live among us.

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Diversity Is Great, But It Won't Save Chicago's Public Schools

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Martin Luther King, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Board of Education, CPS Segregation Consent Decree, CPS Magnet Schools, Chicago, CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman, Chicago Magnet Schools, Diversity, Cps, Education Reform, Public Education, Chicago News

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

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Judge To CPS: Let Unsafe Fenger Students Transfer

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fenger Arrests, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Violence, Chicago Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Cps, Fenger Transfers, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high sc...

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Economic Tier Scheme for CPS Selective Enrollment Schools: Go Back to the Drawing Board

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools Selective Enrollment Schools, Chicago Schools Admissions, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Segregation Consent Decree, CPS Magnet Schools, CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, Ron Huberman, Lane Technical High School, Cps, Economic Tiers, Ethnicity, Family Income, School Admission, School Reform, Education Reform, Race, Chicago News

I cannot imagine the Dickensian horror city parents today go through to get their kids into decent schools. Now Chief Mathemagician Ron Huberman plans to select enrollment to these schools based on family income.

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Education and Global Competition

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Education, Capitalism, School Vouchers, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Technology News

How about focusing our dollars on teaching methodology? Whether it be public, private, parochial, or charter, we are not leveraging computing and communications technology to the hilt.

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Chicago Ranks Fifth In Number Of Charter School Students

SouthTown Star | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Cps Charter Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, Chicago Public Schools Charter, Chicago News

The Chicago Public Schools ranks fifth nationally for the number of students enrolled in public charter schools....

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U Of C Study Questions Effectiveness Of Duncan's CPS Turnaround Schools

New York Times | SAM DILLON | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Duncan Turnaround, CPS Turnaround Program, Arne Duncan Cps, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presided over the closing of dozens of failing schools when he was chief executive of the Chicago public schools fr...

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CPS Plan Calls For Kinder, Gentler Disciplinarians

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, CPS Closings, Cps Discipline Plan, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Discipline, Chicago News

Arne Duncan does not want to hear that any of the moves he made as CEO have anything to do with a spike in violence in schools....

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All the News That's Fit to Print

Michael Jones | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Teen Pregnancy, Wbbm, News Media, Chicago-Cop-Blogs, Chicago Media, Paul Robeson High School, Cps, Chicago News

By reporting the facts, we can, as a society, stop what is really causing young inner city girls to believe that their economic worth extends no further than child assistance checks.

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CPS Appointing Health Czar

Chicago Tribune | Judith Graham | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, School Health, Ron Huberman, CPS Health, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools officials plan to appoint a chief medical officer, a new cabinet level position that will oversee efforts to improve students' ...

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CPS Lacks Comprehensive Plan For 50,000 Dropouts

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Dropouts, CPS Dropout Rate, Chicago Dropouts, Education, Chicago Public Schools, High School Dropouts, Chicago News

The average student who enrolls in an alternative school faces steep odds to graduating. Low skills, tough lives and scarce resources at schools are b...

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Neighborhood School Carver Will Be Opened To Some Fenger Students Following Derrion Albert's Death

Chicago Breaking News | Azam Ahmed | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Altgeld Gardens, Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Violence, Fenger High School, Roseland, Cps, Carver Academy, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools announced today it will open enrollment at a South Side military academy for students who no longer want to attend Fenger High ...

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Violence Inside Chicago High Schools Up Nearly 20%: Catalyst

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Derrion Albert, School Violence, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago School Violence, Chicago News

In the past year, violent incidents inside or on the grounds of Chicago's high schools rose by almost 20 percent, with students committing aggravated ...

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Today's Derrion Albert Wholly Different From 1977 Predecessor

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Beating, Bad Neighborhood, Inner City Schools, Chicago Public Health, Chicago Public Schools, Derrion Albert, Chicago, Chicago News

Back in 1977, I was Derrion Albert. But today, sadly, I shudder and cringe at the thought of trying to wade through life as a 16-year-old African-American Chicago public school student.

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Seven Solutions to End School Violence

Hermene Hartman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago School Violence, Arne Duncan, Black Star Project, Education Reform, Laura Washington, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Eric Holder, Chicago News

The problem of kids killing each other is not unsolvable. But it is not a problem that the mayor, aldermen, police officers and, least of all, the president will solve.

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Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Olympics 2016 and the Breakfast Club

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Arne Duncan, Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Michael Pfleger, Mayor Daley, Jody Weis, Chicago Olympics, Ron Huberman, Eric Holder, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Chicago News

When I was a pastor on the West Side I found myself in the middle of rioting students on more than one occasion. What happened? Since the riots weren't caught on video, we didn't get any help from the White House.

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CPS Theft: Nearly $2M In Computers Stolen From Chicago Schools

Fox Chicago | Patrick Elwood | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Theft, Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Computers, Chicago News

A FOX Chicago News investigation has found that millions of dollars worth of equipment has been stolen from Chicago Public Schools. ...

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Power With, Power Over

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Restorative Justice, Peace Circles, Power, Derrion Albert Murder, War, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Politics News

Derrion Albert's death is just another symptom of a city, a nation and a world at perpetual war with itself. It's merely one in a series of tragedies that we are numb to or never hear about.

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Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Arne Duncan, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Teen Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Renaissance 2010, Chicago School Reform, Chicago News

CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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No Safe Passage: Little Rock to Chicago

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Human Rights, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Juvenile Justice, Chicago School Reform, South Side of Chicago, Education Reform, Race, Civil Rights, Robert Yummy Sandifer, Fenger High School, Roseland, Chicago News

Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?

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