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What Chicago teachers wanted
Chicago teachers asked – no, make that demanded – a raise from Chicago Public Schools even though their company was broke and had no money for raises. Well, they got their raises. Now their company is closing more than 50 underachieving... -
CPS mishandles 'Persepolis' ban
Change of SubjectCensure de Persepolis: Inapproprié dans les écoles de Chicago That headline in a Paris-based literary publication Monday indicates just how far and fast the controversy that broke late last week at Lane Tech College Prep High School has spread. Loosely...... -
7 seek school board seats in Batavia
The Batavia School District 101 School Board will have plenty of new faces after the April 9 election since only one incumbent is running for four open seats. Departing are board vice president Jack Hinterlong, president Ron Link and member Joseph...
Tags: Business, Lobbying, Elections, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Move to lower mandatory school age faces 'uphill climb'
To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, University of Alabama, Chicago Teachers Union, University of Chicago, Kimberly Lightford
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CPS announces school closing investments
Tribune reporterDespite a $1 billion budget deficit projected by Chicago Public Schools for next year, district officials rolled out a list of investments they will be pouring into schools receiving students displaced by school closings. District officials said they...Tags: Conservation, Arts and Culture, Investments, Libraries, Students
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Tribune truancy series wins national award
A couple of weeks ago, investigative reporter David Jackson wrote on Trib Nation about his work with colleague Gary Marx, Alex Richard and photographer Scott Strazzante about truancy in Chicago. Their series just won an award. The Education Writers...
Tags: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy
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Book banning in our time
Change of SubjectUPDATE -- Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett is asking principals to disregard an earlier order to pull the graphic novel “Persepolis” out of schools by the end of today, but she asked that schools stop teaching the book to........ -
CPS tells schools to disregard order to pull graphic novel
Tribune reportersChicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett is asking principals to disregard an earlier order to pull the graphic novel “Persepolis” out of schools by the end of today, but she asked that schools stop teaching the book to 7th-graders....Tags: Iran, Teachers, Arts and Culture, Chicago Teachers Union, Fiction
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Emanuel stands by rejected police sergeants contract
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel maintained Tuesday that a pension fix overwhelmingly rejected by Chicago police sergeants remains a road map to restoring financial soundness to the city's woefully underfunded pension system. “Every other aspect of this plan,...Tags: Interior Policy, Chicago Public Library, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Rahm Emanuel, Politics
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Fewer schools will mean larger classes and more controversy for CPS
Change of SubjectFriday's print column Becky Carroll, a (Chicago Public Schools) spokeswoman, argued that big classes don't necessarily hamper learning. "It's the quality of teaching in that classroom," Carroll said. "You could have a teacher that is high-quality that... -
Lawmakers threaten to push CPS closings moratorium
Clout StreetA group of black and Latino state lawmakers said today they will push legislation that would freeze efforts by Chicago Public Schools to close dozens of schools beginning later this year, though it’s unclear how much traction such an idea would gain...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Teachers Union, Justice System, Rahm Emanuel, Credit and Debt
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