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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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Teens Charged In Derrion Albert Beating Death Plead Not Guilty

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Eugene Riley, Derrion Albert Suspects, Eric Carson, Silvonus Shannon, Chicago News

Three young men accused of beating a Chicago Public School student to death in a high profile case have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them...

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A Call to Arms to Save Our Youth

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, At-Risk Youth, Early Childhood Education, Mental Health, President Obama, Danny Davis, Derrion Albert, Bobby Scott, Chicago News
Rep. Bobby Rush

Right now, as the city I love mourns its way through yet another deadly weekend of gun-related violence, our youth far too often get caught in the crossfire.

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How Sports Can Help End Violence

Karl Costello | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dashaun Davy, Glen Kozlowski, Youth Violence, Criminal Justice, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Urban Violence, Chicago News
Karl Costello

The opportunities sports provides are too often squandered by individuals and institutions that care so little for youth that their environment allows for the murder of a Derrion Albert.

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Suspects, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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A Hole in the Night

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Restorative Justice, Peace, Urban Violence, Crime, Chicago, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Criminal Justice, Chicago News
Robert Koehler

I remember big, white-teeth grins, laughter, especially from the kid in the white hoodie. He was laughing as he swung and connected with my cheekbone and I went down.

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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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Derrion Albert Beating Video: Fox Explains Why It Bought And Aired The Footage

Fox Chicago | Carol Fowler | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Video, Journalism Ethics, Carol Fowler, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Darlene Hill, Chicago News

No one thought this television report would be any different than the countless other similar stories, usually highlighted by grieving classmates and ...

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Fenger High School Students Arrested After Lunchroom Brawls

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fenger Arrests, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Five students have been arrested for fighting at a Chicago high school less than a month after an honor student was killed in a brutal...

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Family Of Teen Exonerated In Derrion Albert Death Won't Be Kicked Out Of Home After All

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Suspects, Derrion Albert Murder Trial, Eugene Bailey, CHA One Strike Policy, Fenger High School, Ava Greyer, Chicago News

The teen who was exonerated of murdering classmate Derrion Albert will not return to the troubled school, the Sun-Times reports. Eugene Bailey won't ...

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One Teen Cleared In Derrion Albert Beating Death

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Suspects, Eugene Bailey, Fenger High School, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago News

CHICAGO — First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student tha...

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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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Today's Derrion Albert Wholly Different From 1977 Predecessor

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Beating, Bad Neighborhood, Inner City Schools, Chicago Public Health, Chicago Public Schools, Derrion Albert, Chicago, Chicago News
Derrick K. Baker

Back in 1977, I was Derrion Albert. But today, sadly, I shudder and cringe at the thought of trying to wade through life as a 16-year-old African-American Chicago public school student.

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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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Fenger Violence Continues: Two More Teens Arrested

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSEMARY SOBOL | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blaise Smith, Derrion Albert, Fenger High School, Fenger Violence, Chicago School Violence, Chicago News

Two Fenger High School students were arrested in separate incidents -- including one in which a juvenile allegedly threatened to kill a security guard...

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Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Olympics 2016 and the Breakfast Club

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Youth Violence, Arne Duncan, Derrion Albert, Renaissance 2010, Michael Pfleger, Mayor Daley, Jody Weis, Chicago Olympics, Ron Huberman, Eric Holder, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, Chicago News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

When I was a pastor on the West Side I found myself in the middle of rioting students on more than one occasion. What happened? Since the riots weren't caught on video, we didn't get any help from the White House.

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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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Mom Of Derrion Albert Murder Suspect: They Have The Wrong Kid

Chicago Sun-Times | ROSALIND ROSSI | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Eugene Bailey, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Murder, Ava Greyer, Derrion Albert Suspects, Chicago News

Ava Greyer insisted witnesses have said her son, Eugene Bailey, 17, was not the teen depicted on a cell phone video striking Derrion....

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Duncan: Teen Deaths Not Caused By School Reform

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Arne Duncan, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Teen Violence, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Fenger High School, Mayor Daley, Renaissance 2010, Chicago School Reform, Chicago News

CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth v...

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We Are the Obama Effect

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Birther-Movement, Emmett Till, Global Grind, Barack Obama Race, Race, Barack Obama, New York News
Sara Haile-Mariam

Derrion Albert's death should resonate from coast to coast, because his early departure represents a lost opportunity; a life that could have given back has been taken.

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No Safe Passage: Little Rock to Chicago

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Human Rights, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Juvenile Justice, Chicago School Reform, South Side of Chicago, Education Reform, Race, Civil Rights, Robert Yummy Sandifer, Fenger High School, Roseland, Chicago News
Bernardine Dohrn

Remember the eight extraordinary students in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated? Where was Derrion Albert's safe passage?

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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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Daley Holds Violence Meeting In Wake of Derrion Albert Beating Death

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Chicago Violence, Mayor Daley, Father Pfleger, Derrion Albert Murder, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

On his first day back at work after the Olympics debacle, Mayor Daley called a high-level meeting Monday with city and school officials to seek an ans...

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