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Chicago School Violence

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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How Sports Can Help End Violence

Karl Costello | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dashaun Davy, Glen Kozlowski, Youth Violence, Criminal Justice, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Urban Violence, Chicago News
Karl Costello

The opportunities sports provides are too often squandered by individuals and institutions that care so little for youth that their environment allows for the murder of a Derrion Albert.

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A Hole in the Night

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Restorative Justice, Peace, Urban Violence, Crime, Chicago, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Criminal Justice, Chicago News
Robert Koehler

I remember big, white-teeth grins, laughter, especially from the kid in the white hoodie. He was laughing as he swung and connected with my cheekbone and I went down.

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Fenger High School Students Arrested After Lunchroom Brawls

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fenger Arrests, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Five students have been arrested for fighting at a Chicago high school less than a month after an honor student was killed in a brutal...

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

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hubbard High School, Chicago School Violence, College Minorities, Bucknell University, Chicago Charter Schools, College Success, Abraham Ramirez, Martina Camacho, Cps, Rolando Arroyo-Sucre, New Frontiers of Knowledge, Minority Students, College Access, The Potholes Report, Miguel Del Valle, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

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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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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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
Hermene Hartman

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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Fenger Violence Continues: Two More Teens Arrested

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSEMARY SOBOL | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blaise Smith, Derrion Albert, Fenger High School, Fenger Violence, Chicago School Violence, Chicago News

Two Fenger High School students were arrested in separate incidents -- including one in which a juvenile allegedly threatened to kill a security guard...

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Head Lice or Handguns: Which Concerns You More?

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Cps, Gangs, Chicago School Violence, Chicago School Reform, Guns in School, Civic-Federation, Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

Aggravated assault, gang activity, arson and gun possession. Why won't CPS release data on the number of such dangerous offenses at my children's schools?

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AG Holder Calls Chicago Youth Shootings Rate 'Unacceptable'

NBC Chicago | CAROL MARIN and DON MOSELEY | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Violence, Ceasefire, Chicago School Violence, Chicago Shootings, Eric Holder, Chicago News

While police say homicides are down in Chicago this year, the number of shootings is up. In fact, over the past 4.5 years, there has been a marked in...

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Activists Press Obama To Combat Chicago Student Killings

Chicago Sun-Times | Mike Thomas | Posted 06.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Gun Violence, Black Star Project, Obama Chicago Violence, Chicago School Violence, Barack Obama, Chicago News

Kids are dying in President Obama's backyard, and he needs to do something about it. That's what a Chicago activist group demanded Saturday as it call...

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28th Chicago Public School Student Killed This Year: Gregory Robinson, 14, Died Shielding Kids From Bullets

Chicago Sun-Times | MIKE THOMAS AND MONIFA THOMAS | Posted 04.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Gregory Robinson, Chicago School Violence, Gregory Robinson Cps, CPS Students Killed, Chicago News

A 14-year-old Hazel Crest boy shot Friday night in the Morgan Park neighborhood became the 28th Chicago Public Schools student killed this school year...

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Chicago Police Launch Text Message Tipline For Students

Chicago Tribune | Carlos Sadovi | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Police Text Messaging, CPS Killings, Arne Duncan, CPS Violence, Chicago Public Schools, Cpd, Chicago School Violence, Anonymous Texting, CPS Students Killed, Jody Weis, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Police, Police Text Messaging, Cps, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools and Chicago police officials Monday unveiled a series of new and beefed-up measures designed to help cut the numbers of student...

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