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Board of Education Approves Closure of 49 CPS Schools, 1 High School Program
Despite ongoing pleas from parents to keep their kid’s schools open, the Chicago Board of Education is closing dozens of them. During its monthly board meeting Wednesday, the Board of Education unanimously voted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school program. After months of public hearings, CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett emphasized that “we [...]
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Success is Possible for Undocumented Students, Experts Say
Experts from around the country share strategies on how undocumented students can stay afloat and become professionals Hundreds of high school and college advisors from across the country came to Chicago on May 1 and 2 for The College Board’s Prepárate conference, dedicated to increasing college access and success among Latino students. For the first [...]
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Chicago Teachers Union Wants to Launch Voter Campaign to Oust Mayor, Stop School Closings
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is going after elected officials who want to close schools. At a press conference on Monday, April 15 she said the union is planning to launch a citywide voter registration campaign to oust Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other elected officials who were part of the decisions involving the closing [...]
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CPS CEO Discusses Improving Schools in Back of the Yards
Community members say student safety, stress are great concerns CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett met with members of Back of the Yards to discuss ways to improve the quality of area schools including the safety of students in the neighborhood. “I’d like to do three things, one, share a few things about me, let you know [...]
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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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CPS Shifting to Per-Pupil Funding Model
Chicago Public Schools will change how it funds schools next year, announcing it will give principals the power to choose how to direct their resources. Next year, all CPS schools will receive a specific amount of funding per student. In the past, principals received per-position allocations from the Central Office based on a formula that [...]
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CPS Cancels Sporting Events and Drivers Education Due to Inclement Weather
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has cancelled all sports and drivers education activities taking place Tuesday evening due to the inclement winter weather. All six state regional basketball games hosted by CPS high schools tonight are cancelled as well. Families are encouraged to check at the school level for status of any other evening activities planned for [...]
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Fuzzy Math: The CPS Budget Crisis
As citywide opposition to Mayor Emanuel’s massive school closing program comes into sharper focus every day, the rationale for the plan gets fuzzier and fuzzier. Take the question of money. When CPS chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett accepted her utilization commission’s call for taking high school closings off the table, the potential savings from school closings was [...]
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CPS Meeting on School Closings Leaves Many Residents Disappointed
About 100 community residents were left outside the auditorium at Arturo Velasquez Institute during the CPS meeting on school closings. A group of upset parents and teachers shouted “open the doors,” after police officers closed the auditorium and asked people to step back. They said the room was at capacity with hundreds of people inside. [...]
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CPS Releases New School Year Calendar, Eliminates Two-Schedule System
All Chicago public school students will have a single calendar with the start of the next school year. On Wednesday Jan. 23, the Chicago Board of Education approved a measure that will end the two-track school schedule it had implemented several years ago. The elimination of the two-schedule system was part of the negotiations with [...]
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