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Teen Pregnancies Increase School Dropout Rate

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, CPS Dropout Rate, Chicago Public Schools, Robeson High School, Cps, Teen Pregnancy School Dropouts, Chicago News

At Robeson High School in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, there are lots of reasons kids quit school. Pregnancy is definitely one of them. This year...

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Chicago School Closings Moratorium Bill Advances

Gapers Block Mechanics | Ramsin Canon | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

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Soto School Closure Moratorium Bill Passes Committee [...] The vote was 20-0. Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, candidate for Rahm Emanuel's House seat, is a Ch...

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CPS Turnaround Program Not Yielding Predicted Results: Study

Chi-Town Daily News | JAY FIELD | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Turnaround Study, CPS Turnaround Program, Chicago Public Education, Cps, Chicago School Reform, Chicago News

Students at two elementary campuses in the controversial Chicago Public Schools turnaround program aren't performing appreciably better than kids in ...

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CPS Abuse: Hundreds Of Students Reportedly Beaten, Whipped

CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Student Abuse, CPS Student Beatings, CPS Abuse, Cps, CPS Student Abuse, Chicago School Beatings, Chicago News

Hundreds of students have allegedly been beaten by teachers, coaches and staff at Chicago Public Schools. [...] An exclusive CBS 2 investigation disco...

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CPS Needs More (Highly Qualified) Latino Teachers

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hispanic Drop Out Rate, Latino Students CPS, Huberman CPS, Chicago Public Schools, Latino College Degree Completion, Latino Teachers CPS, Latino Drop Out Rate, Cps, Hispanic Students CPS, Minorities in CPS, Hispanic College Degree Completion, Hispanic Teachers CPS, Manny Flores, Lupe, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

There are teachers in classrooms across Illinois who are little more than glorified babysitters but are certified to teach bilingual students.

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Choice Of Gay CPS Head Shows Need For Charter Schools: Op-Ed Claim

Gapers Block Mechanics | Richard Lorenc | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman Gay, Fran Eaton, Ron Huberman Sexuality, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Charter Schools, Cps, School Choice, Chicago News

There are many excellent arguments in support of charter schools -- including nearly 17,000 in the form of students voluntarily enrolled in Chicago's ...

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Grassroots Sentiment Behind Huberman Flap Deserves Shoring Up

Lorraine Forte | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Ron Huberman Cps, Chicago School Reform, Huberman Cps Opposition, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

Teaching kids is simply not the same as getting the trains to run on time or creating a database to improve crime-fighting.

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Daley Stands By New CPS Chief Huberman

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Cps, Chicago News

Under fire for his appointment of CTA President Ron Huberman as schools CEO, Mayor Daley said today he's not going back to the days when the Chicago P...

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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

Read More: Huberman Schools, Ron Huberman Cps, Chicago Schools, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman CPS Plans, Ron Huberman, Cps, Chicago News

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

Read More: Ron Huberman Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago School Closings, Ron Huberman, Chicago Schools, Cps, Chicago News

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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Why Daley Is Wrong to Move Huberman

Mike Doyle | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Frank Kruesi, Cta, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA President, CPS CEO, Ron Huberman, Cps, Huberman CPS, Mayor Daley, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Chicagoans, especially those growing numbers who ride the CTA to work and to school every day, recognize how rotten this decision is.

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Jesse Jackson Slams Choice Of Huberman As New CPS Chief

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chicago Schools Chief, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman Cps, Mayor Daley, Jesse Jackson, Ron Huberman, Cps, Chicago News

Under fire for what critics said was a "unilateral, closed-door" selection process that bypassed a black woman, Mayor Daley on Tuesday defended his de...

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CTA Chief Ron Huberman Named New Head Of Chicago School System

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Cps, CPS CEO, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman Chicago Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

CHICAGO - Chicago's public school system has a new CEO. Mayor Richard Daley has named Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman as the new chi...

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CTA Chief Huberman To Become Head Of Schools

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman Chicago Schools, Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Cps, CPS CEO, Chicago News

CTA President Ron Huberman, an all-purpose mayoral troubleshooter with no background in education, will be appointed Tuesday to run the nation's third...

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CTA Chief Huberman In Mix To Run CPS

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos and Todd Lighty | Posted 02.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps, New CPS Head, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley is considering CTA President Ron Huberman as a potential successor to Arne Duncan in running the city's public school system, sour...

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Public Hearings On CPS Desegregation To Begin

Chi-Town Daily News | Jay Field | Posted 02.21.2009 | Chicago

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

Members of the public will have their say tomorrow on how successful Chicago has been at integrating its schools. U.S. District Judge Charles P. Koc...

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CPS School Closings List

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago School Closings List, CPS Closings, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Phase Out, Chicago School Turnarounds, CPS Consolidation, CPS Turnaroun, Cps, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools leaders released the list of schools Friday they plan to close, consolidate, gradually phase out or attempt to turn around. The...

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CPS Announcing School Closings

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public School Closings, CPS Closings, Rufus Williams, Arne Duncan, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Chicago School Consolidation, Cps, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan will recommend today that some two dozen schools be closed or consolidated. Schools will be shut down for tw...

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Poor Kids Kicked Out For Rich Kids' School: Principal

Chicago Sun-Times | Maudlyne Ihejirika | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Consolidation, Ogden School, Chicago School Closings, Carpenter Elementary, Ida Munoz, Cps, Chicago News

As word filtered down at Carpenter Elementary, some parents said they felt as if they'd had the air knocked out of them. The Near West Side school Th...

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Chicago Public Schools' $67,000 Cappuccino Tab

Chicago Sun-Times | Art Golab | Posted 02.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, CPS Inspector General, CPS Cappuccino Machines, CPS Cappuccino Bill, CPS Coffee Bill, CPS Cappuccino, Cps, Chicago News

Chicago public school bureaucrats skirted competitive bidding rules to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for $67,000, with most of the machines goin...

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Chicago Adds More High-Level Teachers

Chicago Public Radio | Julia McEvoy | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Teachers, Cps, Chicago Teachers, Chicago News

A record number of nationally certified teachers are now working in Chicago Public schools. Last year, more than 320 Chicago teachers became National...

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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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Barbara Eason-Watkins To Takeover CPS From Duncan: Report

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barbara Eason-Watkins, Arne Duncan Successor, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Obama's Cabinet, CPS CEO, Arne Duncan Replacement, Barbara Watkins, Barbara Eason Watkins CPS, Cps, Chicago News

Barbara Eason-Watkins, chief education officer of the Chicago Public Schools, will succeed Arne Duncan as CEO of the Chicago school system, education...

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Jason Linkins

'Gay High School' Could Be Used By Conservatives Against Arne Duncan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay High School, Chicago Gay School, Pride Campus, Gay Rights, Arne Duncan, Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Gay High School, David Brody, Pride Campus Chicago, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

David Brody of CBNNews has a post up describing on possible point of contention between religious conservatives and President-elect Barack Obama's pic...

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Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan's Track Record: Lofty Goals, Mixed Results

Catalyst Chicago | Sarah Karp and John Meyers | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

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In his seven years as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan has taken on a host of urban education policy challenges to varying degrees of succes...

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