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Making Teachers Unions Work for Students -- And All Teachers

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Education, Charter Schools, Green Dot, Mayor Daley, Education Reform, Unions, Chicago Teachers Union, Cps, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

Getting unions to prioritize compensation and not the strictures that constrain schools would require a tectonic shift in their priorities, but precedent for such reformed advocacy does exist.

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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
Matt Farmer

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
Esther J. Cepeda

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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CPS Gets Nearly $1 Million For Arabic Classes

ABC 7 | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, CPS Arabic, Arabic in Schools, Chicago Schools Arabic Classes, Chicago News

More Chicago Public Schools students will have an opportunity to learn Arabic thanks to a grant from the U.S. government. ...

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Renaissance 2010: Huberman Plans Fewer New Charter Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Closings, Arne Duncan, Renaissance 2010, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago Charter Schools, CPS Turnarounds, Chicago News

CEO Ron Huberman today announced six recommendations for new schools that he will submit to the Board of Education later this month--about a third mad...

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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
Michael Jones

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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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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Jesse Jackson Rides School Bus To Fenger: 'This Is A State Of Emergency'

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jesse Jackson Fenger, Fenger High School, Derrion Albert, Jesse Jackson, Video, CPS Violence, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Cps, Chicago News

Responding to a wave of teen violence and the brutal killing of honor student Derrion Albert, the Rev. Jesse Jackson hopped on a school bus to escort ...

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Nearly A Quarter Of African-American Male Dropouts End Up In Jail: Study

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: African American Dropouts, High School Dropouts, Cps, African American Graduation Rates, CPS Graduation Rates, Chicago Dropouts, Chicago News

A new study shows nearly a quarter of African-American males who drop out of high school end up in jail....

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Daley's New Anti-Violence Plan: More Police Patrols, CTA Stops, Parking Meter Money Diverted

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Daley Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Chicago Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Cps, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he's proposing several plans to curb youth violence, including adding more police officers at schools...

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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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Chicago Teen Deaths, Violence Tied To School Reform Plan?

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Chicago School Reform, Renaissance 2010, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Fenger High School, Ron Huberman, Arne Duncan, Cps, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on ...

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A Post-Olympic Plan for a City Under Siege

Kevin Coval | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Arne Duncan, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Chicago Violence, Chicago Olympics, Cps, Louder Than a Bomb, Ron Huberman, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News
Kevin Coval

The city will be abuzz with language and records of now from people who are normally never heard from, the youth. Seen and now heard. And safe.

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Teachers Union Wants Separate School For Disruptive Students

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Disruptive Students, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Alternative School, Chicago News

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union wants Chicago to create an alternative school for chronically disruptive students....

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Judge Throws Out CPS Desegregation Order

Catalyst Chicago | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Desegregation, School Desegregation, School Segregation, Chicago News

Late Thursday afternoon, a federal judge scrapped the CPS desegregation consent decree--a move that likely will result in the district abandoning the ...

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Head Lice or Handguns: Which Concerns You More?

Matt Farmer | Posted 09.24.2009 | 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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Daley Defends Principals' Power Amid Investigation

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Admissions, Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Clout, Mayor Daley, Cps Investigation, CPS Principals, Chicago News

Despite a federal investigation of alleged clout admissions at Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley on Wednesday defended the controversial process tha...

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After Three Weeks, Thousands Of CPS Students Still Without Teachers

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 09.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Cps Teacher Shortage, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers, Chicago News

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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