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Hundreds Gather Downtown to Protest CPS School Closings (PHOTOS)
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Daley Plaza Wednesday afternoon for a rally and march against the proposed 54 CPS school closings. Chanting “Whose schools? Our schools!” and “Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Rahm Emanuel has got to go!” students, teachers, union members and supporters marched down the streets of downtown Chicago. As the crowd walked down [...]
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Winter Storm Expected to Hit Chicago Tuesday
The city is prepared to deploy a fleet of snowplows to battle the winter storm expected to hit Chicago Tuesday. The storm, which is predicted to start at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, is expected to dump up to eight inches of snow on the city, according to the National Weather Service. Anne Sheahan, director of [...]
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Questions for the School Utilization Commission
There’s an awful lot of confusion around the CPS’s new commission on school utilization An earlier version of this report appeared at Community Media Workshop’s Newstips.org. There’s lot of confusion around CPS’s new commission on school utilization and the district’s drive to close neighborhood schools. There’s confusion over CPS claims of an enrollment crisis, over [...]
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Community to Name New Back of the Yards High School
The new Back of the Yards high school is one step closer to receiving its name. Members of the Back of the Yards Quality of Life Education Committee met on Nov. 26 to narrow down a list of eight possible names to three. Submitted by members of the community, the eight names varied from basic–like [...]
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On Strike: Chicago Teachers Head to Picket Lines After CTU, CPS Contract Talks Fail
For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers are on strike. After heavy negotiations between delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public School (CPS) officials, CTU president Karen Lewis announced last night no agreement had been reached. “Negotiations have been intense but productive. But we’ve failed to come to [...]
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CPS Releases Details on Longer School Day
Chicago Public Schools released specifics on next year’s 7.5 hour school day for both elementary and high schools in the city on Thursday Jan. 12, including an announcement stating that 10 days will be added to the current school year. According to the release, the 7.5 hour day and 180 day year will bring CPS [...]
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Chicago Public Schools to Extend High School Days by 36 Minutes
Chicago Public School officials announced on Thursday, Dec. 22 the school day in Chicago Public High Schools will extend by 36 minutes at the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Under the extended school day guidelines, high school students would receive an additional 46 minutes of direct instruction, eliminating the current 14-minute homeroom, and providing [...]
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Tilden Slated for Turnaround: How Many Transitions Can a School Handle?
Tilden Career Academy, located in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, has been among the 10 schools flagged to become a “turnaround” school next year. Without having a clear understanding of what will happen to the school, the students and parents worry that new changes are only going to perpetuate the existing high teacher turnover rate [...]
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Sewing with a Cause
Gloria Rivero and her mother explore the idea of social entrepreneurship in Brighton Park Gloria Rivero and her mother, Myrka De Rivero, are moving the idea of social enterprise forward in Brighton Park. Their almost 3-year-old business, Fashion Revolution Inc., is not just any ordinary sewing shop. Influenced by a simple desire of empowering young [...]
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Longer School Days for Charter Schools
CPS Grant Program to Support Charter Schools Launching a Longer School Day Raises Concern Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the expansion of a longer school day to charter school students across the city through a Chicago Public Schools grant program on Thursday Oct. 27. Approximately 42 charter schools will be eligible for $75,000 in grant funding [...]
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