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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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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 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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Almost 13,000 Students Applied For 3,000 Elite Public School Openings

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB | Posted 04.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago College Preps, Cps, CPS Magnet Schools, Chicago Magnet Schools, Chicago Elite Eight College Preps, Chicago News

The number of kids seeking entry to Chicago's Elite Eight college preps reached a five-year high this year, prompting a wave of rejected students to s...

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CPS Changing Magnet Schools Admissions Policy

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Magnet Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago Education, CPS Magnet Schools, Cps, Chicago Magnet Schools, Magnet Schools Admissions Chicago, Chicago News

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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