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Chicago Public Schools Face Hundreds Of Layoffs, Furloughs As Deficit Nears $975 Million

Posted 02.26.2010 | Chicago

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While the state's massive budget problem is not news to anyone at this point, the solution to this problem may come at more of a cost than Illinoisans...

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Ron Huberman Cancels School Board's Credit Cards, Spending Investigation Underway

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.26.2010 | Chicago

Read More: Monique Bond, School Board Corruption, Rufus Williams, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Michael Scott, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago News

The credit cards of 89 Chicago Board of Education employees have been yanked in the midst of an investigation into questionable spending by the last t...

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Chicago Catholic Schools To Focus On Recruiting Latinos

chicagocatholicnews.com | Posted 03.18.2010 | Chicago

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Out of 2.3 million Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago, a whopping 40 percent are Latino, Church records show. Yet less than 20 percent o...

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Headlines I'd Like to See About Chicago Public Schools

Lorraine Forte | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

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Giving principals the authority to hand-pick even a small percentage of students is just asking for trouble. The policy reinforces the notion that who you know matters more than who you are or what you've accomplished.

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Touted Chicago School Reform A Failure: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Still Left Behind Report, Arne Duncan, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, Renaissance 2010, Chicago Schools, Mayor Daley, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Chicago Public School reform largely has failed, with the vast bulk of students either dropping out or unprepared for college and apparent gains at th...

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Chicago School Of Economics Loses Some Luster

Salon.com | Andrew Leonard | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business

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It's been a bad year for the University of Chicago Economics Department. And I'm not just talking about Alan Greenspan's remark to Congress that he "m...

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New CPS Chief Ron Huberman: 'I'll Be At The Board Of Education A Long Time'

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.04.2009 | Chicago

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Now, the 37-year-old teacher's pet finds himself in charge of the teachers, as the new $225,000-a-year chief executive officer of the nation's third-l...

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New CPS Head Huberman Booed At School Forum

Chicago Tribune | Carlos Sadovi | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

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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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Who Makes the Cut in Closing Schools?

Lorraine Forte | Posted 02.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago News

When CPS officials released the final school closings list on Friday, four that were initially slated to close or undergo the turnaround process--whic...

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20 Chicago Schools To Close Or Merge

Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago School Consolidation, CPS Closings, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, Renaissance 2010, Chicago Schools, Cps, Chicago News

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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Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.

Alexander Russo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

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Should Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan go to Washington if he's asked to head the U.S. Department of Education, or should he stay in town?

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CPS Changing Magnet Schools Admissions Policy

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Public Schools says it may use income rather than race to enroll students in its popular magnet schools. That's if a federal judge ends the di...

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School Funding Protest Spawns Friendships And Action

Chicago Tribune | Tara Malone | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

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With grins and a familiar nod, a dozen teenagers came together this weekend for what has become a standing date since nearly 1,000 Chicago students sk...

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School Districts Cancel Arabic Classes

Chicago Public Radio | Monique Parsons | Posted 12.15.2008 | Chicago

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Students in two of Chicago's west suburban high school districts won't get a chance to study Arabic next year, despite interest from local families. ...

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Minority Enrollment Down At Top Magnet Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

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Kenneth Green knew he wanted to send his daughter to a magnet school, Chicago's oldest schools of choice. He spent hours enveloped in research and tou...

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Is School Choice Failing Kids?

Catalyst Chicago | John Myers | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

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With the end of 8th grade in view for James Baker, three of Chicago's top public high schools turned him away--rejections that caught the straight-A s...

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Watchdog Group Says School Manipulating Enrollment

Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

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An education watchdog group is accusing a Chicago elementary school of manipulating its student population to improve test scores. Sherman Elementary...

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Merit Pay For Principals?

Catalyst Chicago | Debra Williams | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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In recent years, Chicago Public Schools has rolled out bonus pay for administrators and teachers. Now, the district is considering merit pay for prin...

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12 New Schools To Open Next Fall

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday approved plans for 12 new schools to open next fall. The 12 are among dozens of small, autonomous schools...

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School Attendance Records Inflated

Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Public Schools officials claimed record-high attendance for the first day of the school year, even with the school funding boycott led by the ...

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Big Money Behind New School Reform Group

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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A business-backed group that Chicago school officials say has provided "seed capital" to spark reform here is about to launch a drive to raise up to $...

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Chicago Board Of Education Approves Record Budget

Chi Town Daily News | Paul D. Bowker | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Board of Education approved a record $6.2 billion budget yesterday while holding the line on property taxes for the first time since 1999...

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Meeks Offers Deal To Stop Boycott

ABC 7 | Andy Shaw | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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With so many Illinois Democrats at the DNC, it's no surprise state business is being conducted in Denver. Illinois State Senator James Meeks said he'...

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Some Chicago Schools Too Poor For Recess

Chicago Sun-Times | Rosalind Rossi | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

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Recess is an age-old tradition. You can still find kids enjoying the midday break from class at the Chicago area's most-affluent schools. But good luc...

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