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Economic Tier Scheme for CPS Selective Enrollment Schools: Go Back to the Drawing Board

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.12.2009 | 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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Renaissance 2010: Huberman Plans Fewer New Charter Schools

Catalyst Chicago | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Closings, Arne Duncan, Renaissance 2010, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago Charter Schools, CPS Turnarounds, Chicago News

CEO Ron Huberman today announced six recommendations for new schools that he will submit to the Board of Education later this month--about a third mad...

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Education and Global Competition

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Education, Capitalism, School Vouchers, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Technology News
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

How about focusing our dollars on teaching methodology? Whether it be public, private, parochial, or charter, we are not leveraging computing and communications technology to the hilt.

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CPS Appointing Health Czar

Chicago Tribune | Judith Graham | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

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

Chicago Public Schools officials plan to appoint a chief medical officer, a new cabinet level position that will oversee efforts to improve students' ...

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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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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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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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Inspector's Report: Huberman Guilty Of 'Significant Management Failure'

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, Huberman OEMC, Huberman Motorola Contract, Chicago News

Chicago schools chief Ron Huberman -- Mayor Daley's former corruption-fighting chief of staff -- is being accused of a "significant management failure...

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Jim Argiropoulos, Top Public Safety Exec, Accused Of Burning $2.25M Of Taxpayer Cash In Scheme

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jim Argiropoulos, Ron Huberman, Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Chicago OEMC, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

The inspector general's office is recommending the firing of the No. 2 man at Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications for alleged ...

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Should We Have More School Time? Yes -- For Kids

Paras Bhayani | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Oecd, Public Schools, KIPP Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Teachers Union, Economist, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

While American students might be "underworked," American school teachers most certainly are not -- particularly for what they are being paid.

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Head Lice or Handguns: Which Concerns You More?

Matt Farmer | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Daley, Cps, Gangs, Chicago School Violence, Chicago School Reform, Guns in School, Civic-Federation, Education Reform, Ron Huberman, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

Aggravated assault, gang activity, arson and gun possession. Why won't CPS release data on the number of such dangerous offenses at my children's schools?

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CPS To Spend $30M On Students Most Likely To Shoot Or Get Shot

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Ron Huberman, CPS Violence, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Deaths, Cps Gun Violence, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools officials say they'll spend $30 million in federal stimulus dollars on approximately 1,200 high school students who are at risk...

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CPS Student Panel Recommends Smaller Classes, Fewer Suspensions In Report

Chicago Sun-Times | MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Cps, Ron Huberman Cps, Ron Huberman, Teen Cps Panel Recommendations, Chicago News

A group of teenagers has some advice for the people running Chicago's public schools....

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Whose Fault is the CPS Budget Crisis?

Paras Bhayani | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, Tom Geoghegan, Social Security, CPS Budget, Mayor Daley, Cps, Cps Pensions, Tifs, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

If the federal government provided a higher social security payout funded by higher payroll taxes, CPS could actually devote attention to its work rather than worrying about how to pay for its retirees' pensions.

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CPS' Social Media Mistake

Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 09.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teens Twitter, Cps, Twitter, Ron Huberman, Cps Twitter, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News

CPS' decision to leverage Twitter is odd, given research that shows teens don't use the microblogging service. Facebook and MySpace are the realms of ...

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CPS Chief Not Talking About Federal Probe

Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago Schools Investigation, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News

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

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Cps Admissions, Cps, Chicago Magnet Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago School Admissions, Cps Admissions Investigation, Chicago News

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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Education in Chicago: Why School Reform Won't Happen

Bill Sweetland | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Angeline Caruso, Arne Duncan, Teacher Training, Education Establishment, Manford Byrd, Ted Kimbrough, Ruth Love, Literacy, Illiteracy, Chicago Public Schools, Academic Excellence, Argie Johnson, Ron Huberman, Reading, Joseph P. Hannon, Chicago School Reform, Cps, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

The more ideas put forward, the more difficult practical action becomes. The more we "innovate," the more resistant and hardened the problems of removing ignorance become.

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Mayor Daley, Why? (Or Why Not?)

David Murray | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Corruption, Arne Duncan, Cynicism, Goo-Goos, Mayor Daley, Mike Royko, Ron Huberman, Chicago Politics, Corruption Fatigue, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
David Murray

It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.

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CPS Planned Secret Job-Fair

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Chicago, Ron Huberman, Cps Job Fair, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Jobs, Chicago News

It turns out the rumors were true: CPS recruiters were planning to hold a "secret" job fair for invited guests only....

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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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Suspensions in Chicago Schools Target Black Boys Most Often

Lorraine Forte | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Expulsions, Cps Suspensions, Race and Education, Black Students Cps, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

When punishment for one group of students is so clearly out of proportion to their enrollment, something's undoubtedly amiss.

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Touted Chicago School Reform A Failure: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Still Left Behind Report, Arne Duncan, Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, Renaissance 2010, Chicago Schools, Mayor Daley, Chicago School Reform, School Reform, Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Chicago Public School reform largely has failed, with the vast bulk of students either dropping out or unprepared for college and apparent gains at th...

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Teacher Turnover A 'Disturbing' Constant In Chicago Schools: Study

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Teacher Turnover, Cps, Elaine Allensworth, Chicago Public Schools, Ron Huberman, CPS Teachers, Cps Teacher Study, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A study shows that about 100 Chicago public schools experience high turnover among teachers - losing more than a quarter of their staf...

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