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CPS reaches a contract agreement with lunch workers
Speaking to the teachers union as much as the media, Chicago Public Schools officials held a press conference Thursday to announce a labor agreement with the district's lunch workers. "This is the message we are pushing: When two parties come together...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Teachers, Unions, Chicago Public Schools
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Momentum for school choice
About half the students in Louisiana are about to get a chance to choose the best school for themselves. That's the impact of the amazingly ambitious school reform program engineered by Gov. Bobby Jindal. Some 380,000 poor and middle-class students in...Tags: Government, Matt Murphy, Economy, Business and Finance, Public Schools, Politics
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CPS' chief education officer resigning
After denying rumors for days about the pending departure of yet another mayoral appointee, Chicago Public Schools confirmed Friday that Chief Education Officer Noemi Donoso is on her way out.
The announcement, following speculation that began with...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Public Schools
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Parent power
Change of SubjectUPDATED Story: Under pressure from parents groups opposed to a 7½-hour school day, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said today he is scaling back his proposal to a 7-hour day for public elementary schools next fall....CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard said the mayor...... -
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates visit CPS schools
Here's a list of the Nobel Peace Laureates and representatives from laureate organizations who are visiting Chicago Public Schools this morning. The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, known for developing the concepts...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, International Relations, Human Rights, Politics, Mikhail S Gorbachev
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Honor, yes
Chicago public schools officials are taking heat over their proposal to drop Pulaski Day and Columbus Day as school holidays in the expanded 180-day school year starting next fall. Outraged Polish-American and Italian-American civic leaders say the move...Tags: Veterans Day, New Year's Day, Pulaski Day, Teachers, Human Interest
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Teacher's union president says there's support for strike
After nearly four months of negotiations, contract talks between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are getting acrimonious. Union President Karen Lewis said Thursday that a poll of teachers at 150 schools showed overwhelming...
Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Chicago Public Schools
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Merit pay
While the Chicago Public Schools, CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel undoubtedly want to provide all students with quality seats, using the very public contract negotiations and the contentious practice of teacher merit pay will...Tags: Public Schools, Teachers, Chicago Mayor, Health, Teaching and Learning
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Protestors gather at Emanuel's home to protest CPS plans
Tribune reporterWith two days left before the Chicago Board of Education votes to close or restructure failing schools, community groups staged a candlelight vigil protesting the dramatic measures and marched to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home on the North Side. The...Tags: Albany Park, Chicago Mayor, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Kenwood
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12 for 2012
And so the calendar flips. As an uncomfortable 2011 in sports makes way for 2012, at least 12 people begin a new year packed with intriguing possibility for Chicago's sporting scene.
Jabari Parker, Simeon basketball player: The nation's top-ranked junior...Tags: High School Sports, Davis Love III, Quentin Richardson, College Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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CPS wants to close 2 grade schools, phase out 2 high schools
Tribune ReporterChicago Public Schools is seeking to close two under-performing elementary schools and begin to phase out two struggling high schools next school year, part of a large-scale re-structuring of CPS under Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s leadership team. CPS...Tags: Environmental Issues, Chicago Mayor, Kenwood, Conservation, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)
May 19, 2012
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Dec 31, 2011
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