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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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CPS To Cut Up To 1,000 Jobs Under Budget Pressure

Chi-Town Daily News | ADRIAN G. URIBARRI | Posted 07.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Cps Layoffs, Ron Huberman, Cps Job Cuts, Chicago News

In January, Mayor Richard M. Daley moved Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman to the top post at Chicago Public Schools. By handing the di...

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Rogers Park School Reopens After Swine Flu Closure, Future Shut Downs Unlikely

AP | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Swine Flu, Swine Flu Illinois, Swine Flu Chicago, Swine Flu Chicago Schools, Ron Huberman, H1n1, Kilmer Elementary School, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Classes are back in session at a school on Chicago's North Side that was the first in Illinois to close because of swine flu. Kilmer ...

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Michelle Obama's Cousin Named CPS Security Chief

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Shields, Cps, Michael Shields Cps, Michelle Obama, Ron Huberman, Cps Security, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama's cousin has been named director of security for Chicago Public Schools. CPS chief executive Ron Huberman s...

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Swine Flu: 9 Probable Cases In Illinois, Chicago School Closed (VIDEO)

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Swine Flu, Health, Cps Swine Flu, Kilmer Swine Flu, Swine Flu Illinois, Cps, Swine Flu Chicago, Ron Huberman, Rogers Park Swine Flu, Kilmer Elementary School, Chicago-Illinois, Damon Arnold, Illinois Swine Flu Cases, H1N1 Influenza, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- The swine flu outbreak reached into Illinois on Wednesday with the state reporting its first probable cases, shutting down at last thr...

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Hundreds Of Chicago Schools Going Year-Round

Chicago Sun-Times | KARA SPAK AND MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA | Posted 05.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Year Round, Chicago News

The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to put more than a quarter of public elementary schools on a year-round schedule. That adds up to 132 o...

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27 Chicago Public School Students Killed This Year, Already Tops Last Year's Total

Associated Press | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Student Deaths, Chicago School Deaths, Chicago Public Schools, Cps, CPS Violence, Ron Huberman, CPS Students Killed, Chicago News

UPDATE Chicago Public Schools officials updated their tally of students killed by violence during the 2008-2009 school year to 27 students, the Tribu...

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Property Taxes Likely Rising As Schools Face $500 Million Budget Hole

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cps Budget Deficit, Cps Budget Gap, Chicago Public Schools, Cps, CPS Budget, Illinois Property Taxes, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Despite receiving a huge influx of federal economic-stimulus cash, Chicago Public Schools faces a nearly half-billion-dollar budget hole, and state ta...

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The Carpenter Case: School Reprieves Raise More Questions

Curtis Black | Posted 03.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, Carpenter Elementary, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Closings, CPS Closures, Ogden Elementary, CPS Carpenter Closings, Chicago School Closures, School Closings, Chicago News
Curtis Black

Why, out of all the small and struggling schools in the district, were these ones put on that list in the first place? Would more attention to detail have spared some of the other schools?

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CTA Mum on New Polk Street Red Line Entrance

Mike Doyle | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, CTA Red Line, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois Capital Projects, CTA Stops, CTA Polk Street, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

The recommissioned Polk Street entrance is a wonderful new convenience for South Loop transit riders. Too bad the CTA doesn't feel like telling them about it.

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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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The Hubris, er, Huberman Appointment

Hermene Hartman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ron Huberman, Mayor Daley, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Ron Huberman Cps, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

This makes three white male CPS superintendents who have all been strongly supported by black women who have been professional educators.

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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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CTA Slow Zones Reduced

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta Slow Lanes, Cta, O'Hare, Chicago Transit Authority, Ron Huberman, Cta Slow Zones, Cta Slow Zones Reduced, CTA Blue Line, Chicago News

CTA trains are chugging along at up to 55 m.p.h. on long segments of the rail lines for the first time in years thanks to slow-zone repairs that will ...

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