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CPS commissioned, then abandoned anti-truancy plan
Chicago school officials two years ago knew the depth of the city's crisis in K-8 grade truancy and absenteeism, and even developed a detailed plan to tackle the problem in the most affected communities. But only fragments of that plan were ever...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Mayor, Corporate Officers, Richard M. Daley, Career and Workplace
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Can we afford to buy some new cliches?
Change of SubjectFrom our story today on the agreement between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union to hire nearly 500 new teachers to work in the longer school day: (Mayor Rahm) Emanuel could not say where that money will...... -
Suit: Former principal unfairly forced out
Tribune reporterA former elementary school principal filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Chicago Board of Education, alleging officials coerced her resignation while the school was being investigated for cheating on state standardized tests. The lawsuit filed in Cook...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jackie Robinson, Cook County Government, Chicago Public Schools, Trials
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The fourth revolution
"I was surprised by the level of incoherence in the system."
—Chicago Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, meeting Thursday with the Tribune editorial board
The Chicago Public Schools system has gone through three attempted revolutions in the 16 years...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Arne Duncan, Corporate Officers, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago Forward: Education (Coming Sept. 13)
Our Sept. 13 public affairs forum, Chicago Forward: Education, is just around the corner. Dedicated members of Trib Nation will recall we hosted one of these forums a year ago, and I'll include a link to that forum in this post.
This year's Chicago...Tags: Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Religious Education, Education, Jean-Claude Brizard
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CPS chief of staff heading to Florida post
Tribune reporterA Chicago Public Schools executive who was formerly the district’s chief administrative officer and more recently was appointed the Board of Education’s chief of staff has been selected as the new superintendent of a school district in...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Corporate Performance, Jean-Claude Brizard, Management Change, Broward County
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Head of principals' group: We oppose merit pay
Tribune reporterThe head of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association said Thursday that her members don’t support merit pay and efforts to reward them with bonuses for student achievement. “Many principals are uncomfortable with a bonus...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Music, Public Schools, Concerts, Teaching and Learning
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Politicians helped bring Chicago's public pension funds to the brink of insolvency
Chicago's public pension funds are teetering on the brink of insolvency in large part because city officials and union leaders repeatedly exploited the system, draining away billions of dollars in the last decade to serve short-term political needs, a...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Teachers
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Man honored for donating kidney may lose job
On Thursday, Dan Coyne is slated to be honored as a humanitarian at a luncheon for Chicago Public Schools social workers. He plans to talk about his decision to donate a kidney to his favorite grocery store clerk.
By the end of July, however, Coyne may...Tags: Teachers Unions, Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Services, Employees
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Daley defends Weis
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 12:30 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today defended his top cop, a onetime FBI supervisor who has been much criticized by rank-and-file police officers. âWhen the headlines glared for months and years all about police brutality...... -
Watchdog: Chicago 911 officials skirted bidding on $23 million contract
Clout StPosted by Hal Dardick at 4:50 p.m.; updated at 5:29 p.m. with Huberman statement City officials circumvented competitive bidding rules to steer a $23 million digital-radio contract to Schaumburg-based Motorola, according to City Hall's top watchdog and... -
Illinois lawmakers mull school vouchers for Chicago Public Schools
Clout StFrom today's print edition: Illinois lawmakers mull school vouchers for Chicago Public Schools By Azam Ahmed and Ray Long, Tribune reporters Price Elementary School was not Quintella Johnson's first choice for her daughter. She wanted Kerisma to attend...
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