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Lorraine Forte | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teacher Quality, Chicago Test Scores, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Students Killed, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Chicago Magnet Schools, Cps Admissions Investigation, Cps Clout, Chicago Schools, Cps Admissions, Cps, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

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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Feds Subpoena Whitney Young Principal In Admissions Probe

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Whitney Young, Cps, Cps Clout Investigation, Joyce Kenner, Cps Admissions Investigation, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago News

Whitney Young Magnet Principal Joyce Kenner on Monday became the first principal to reveal she has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigati...

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CPS Clout Probe: Durbin Wrote Letter For Staffer's Daughter

Chicago Sun-Times | ABDON M. PALLASCH AND ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Admissions, Cps, Jones College Prep, Cps Clout, Durbin Cps, Cps Admissions Investigation, Dick Durbin, Chicago News

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin -- the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate -- is getting drawn into the growing investigation of how some students get admitted to...

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Clouting Kids Into Public Magnet Schools? Mayor Daley Boasts of Sending His Kids to Private Schools

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago

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Carol Felsenthal

Leave it to Daley, the mayor of a large city with a failing school system, to bring up the fact that his own children did not attend the public schools in the city he leads.

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CPS Lawyers Up For Clout Admissions Investigation

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Clout, Cps Investigation, Michael Scott, Cps, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools officials have been awfully tight-lipped about the federal probe into alleged use of clout in admissions to the city's selectiv...

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Board Of Education President Subpoenaed By Federal Grand Jury

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott disclosed Tuesday that he has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury investigating ...

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CPS Chief Not Talking About Federal Probe

Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.04.2009 | Chicago

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CEO of Chicago Public Schools is keeping a tight lip on the federal probe into the admissions process of its selective enrollment campuses....

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Feds Investigating CPS Admissions

Chicago Tribune | Stephanie Banchero and Azam Ahmed | Posted 09.01.2009 | Chicago

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Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the admissions practices at Chicago's selective enrollment schools, the Chicago Tribune has le...

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CPS Launches Investigation Into Elite School Enrollment

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Selective Enrollment, Cps, CPS Magnet Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Officials with Chicago Public Schools say they're asking for an investigation into enrollment practices at the district's top high sch...

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