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The Chicago public school system, also known as CPS, includes 655 schools, 408,600 students and 44,417 employees, including 588 principals and more than 24,600 teachers. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States led by CEO Arne Duncan.
The Chicago public school system, also known as CPS, includes 655 schools, 408,600 students and 44,417 employees, including 588 principals and more than 24,600 teachers. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States led by CEO Arne Duncan.
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Chicago Teachers Union staging downtown rally Wednesday
The Chicago Teachers Union expects thousands of teachers to show up Wednesday for a downtown rally staged to fire up its members and serve as a display of muscle in the midst of protracted contract talks with the school district. The union's primary...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Unions, Teachers, Elections
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Good riddance
Now that the NATO summit is over, our not-so-friendly visitors can repack their tattered JanSports, and get on the Boeing-made airplanes, which will carry them back to wherever the heck they belong. And the good citizens of Chicago won't miss them....Tags: NATO Summit, Boeing Co.
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Teachers union to rally as contract talks drag on
Tribune reporterThousands of teachers will gather at a union rally at the Auditorium Theater Wednesday to show their opposition to contract proposals made by Chicago Public Schools, the latest effort to display labor muscle as contract talks drag on. “We are...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Unions, Politics
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Despite gift-giving, CPS renews vendor contracts
Less than two months after the resignation of a Chicago Public Schools official accused of accepting improper gifts from the district's two largest food vendors, the district on Monday said it intends to renew contracts for those vendors, Chartwells-...
Tags: Ethics, Chicago Restaurants, Religion and Belief, Values
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New contracts coming for CPS food vendors
WGN NEWSThe two food vendors accused of giving gifts to Chicago Public Schools employees will soon sign new contracts with the district. The Chicago Board of Education has announced plans to renew contracts with Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality and Preferred Meal...Tags: Chicago, National Football League, Chicago Restaurants
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Selective enrollment program to be added at South Shore International College Prep
Chicago Public Schools this fall is expected to add 100 new selective enrollment seats at the new South Shore International College Prep, the district said. Competition for getting into selective enrollment high schools like Northside and Walter Payton...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Walter Payton, South Shore, Students, School Examinations
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Music Institute Academy Ensembles Take First and Third in Fischoff Junior Division; Evanston Student in Third Place Ensemble
TribLocal - EvanstonThe Music Institute of Chicago confirmed its status as one of the best schools in the nation for chamber music study with students from its …... -
Poll results on longer school day no surprise
Change of SubjectFrom our story today: Rahm Emanuel's push to extend the school day is overwhelmingly backed by Chicago voters...a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. The poll found 62 percent approve of Emanuel's effort to keep students in school longer each day, compared....... -
Daley, a year later--- No thanks for the memories
Change of SubjectAs an object in the rearview mirror,Richard M. Daley is closer than he appears. Wednesday marks the anniversary of Mayor Rahm Emanuel tagging in for Daley, yet even at this chronological distance, the former mayor continues to be a looming...... -
CPS plans 60 more charters in 5 years
Chicago Public Schools plans to create 60 more charter schools over five years, which would increase the share of privately run charters to about a quarter of all schools in the district. The plan for charter growth, part of a larger proposal for 100 new...
Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Science and Technology, Charity
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Chicago Public Schools to add 60 new charter schools over the next 5 years
WGN NewsThe plan for Chicago Public Schools to add sixty more charter schools over the next five years is already drawing criticism from the teachers' union. CPS revealed the plan in an application for $20 million in grant money from the Bill and Melinda Gates...Tags: Chicago, Chicago Charter Schools, Public Schools, Charity, Charter Schools
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Chicagoans like Emanuel's job performance, though not overwhelmingly
Chicagoans generally approve of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's job performance but are taking a wait-and-see attitude on whether he's making the city a better place to live, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. Voters also are sharply split on the question of...
Tags: Polls, Budgets and Budgeting, Rahm Emanuel, Entertainment, Chicago Park District
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