Cps Clout

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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Daley Defends Principals' Power Amid Investigation

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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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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Headlines I'd Like to See About Chicago Public Schools

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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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

Read More: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Daley Public Schools, Daley Private Schools, Munoz Whitney Young, Mayor Daley Cps, Alderman Ricardo Munoz, Cps Clout, Mayor Daley, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News
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 Clout: Alderman Called Principal To Get Daughter Into Top School

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Munoz Whitney Young, Whitney Young, Alderman Ricardo Munoz, Cps Investigation, Cps Clout, Cps Admissions, Cps, Whitney Young Admissions, Chicago News

Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) acknowledged Wednesday that his daughter was admitted to Whitney Young Magnet High School for the upcoming school year after...

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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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