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Mayor backs longer school day for extra pay plan
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he supported Chicago Public Schools' latest offer to teachers for a 2 percent raise in return for a longer school day. "We made a serious offer," Emanuel said. "This is what I call a win-win for the city of Chicago," he...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor, Politics, Regional Authority, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago Teachers Union rejects longer elementary day plan
Tribune reportersThe Chicago Teachers Union has rejected Chicago Public Schools officials' offer of a 2 percent raise for elementary school teachers in exchange for a longer school day starting in January. “Yes, we fully support a better, smarter school day for our...Tags: Contracts, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers Unions, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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CPS chief unveils beefed up curriculum at City Club luncheon
Tribune reporterIn a luncheon with civic leaders from the famed City Club today, Chicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard unveiled the district's plans to adopt a more rigorous curriculum to coincide with a longer school day beginning in the 2012-13 school year....Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Curricula, Chicago Mayor, Teaching and Learning, City Club of Chicago
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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: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, Education, Parochial Schools
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It's the second 'first day' of school year today
Tribune reporterA majority of Chicago's public school children return to school today, bringing to a close an acrimonious summer filled with budget cuts, union strife and a citywide debate over longer school days. It's the second "first day" of school this year. On...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago aldermen back longer class day as 4th school makes the change
Tribune reportersThe Chicago City Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution today in support of a longer school day for public school children -- the same day a fourth school in the city voted to add 90 minutes to its day. “With this resolution the city of...Tags: School Examinations, Chicago City Council, Chicago Mayor, Teachers Unions, Nicholas Sposato
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Chicago Teachers Union files complaint to block schools from lengthening day
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Teachers Union filed an unfair labor practice complaint to block schools from signing waivers and lengthening class days as a fifth school voted to extend its day. The union accused the governing board of the Chicago Public Schools of “...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Teachers Unions, Examinations, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning
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The Chicago Forward: Education essay winners are ...
For our Sept. 13 public affairs forum with Chicago schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard and teachers union leader Karen Lewis, we asked Trib Nation to write an essay on what makes public education succeed or fail.
Here are the contributions from winners Ray...Tags: Human Interest, Clubs and Associations, Chicago, Chicago Tonight (tv program), Walter Payton
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7th CPS school approves longer class day
Tribune reporterOn Tuesday, two more Chicago schools approved a longer school day for this year. By a narrow margin of 51 percent, teachers at Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St., voted in favor of a longer school day Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, teachers...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor, Education, Schools, Elementary Schools
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CPS' school day not that much shorter than those in some suburban districts
The tongue-lashings Chicago Public Schools has endured in the last several weeks over its short school day — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called it a "disgrace" — have overshadowed the fact that that many suburban students aren't...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Oak Park, Chicago Mayor, Chicago, Science
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Heads of CPS, teachers union spar in joint appearance
Tribune reporterThe two sides waging a public tug of war over the future of Chicago Public Schools playfully sparred Tuesday night in a live debate over contentious issues including a longer school day and teacher pay and evaluations. But CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Teachers Unions, Career and Workplace, Work Relations
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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, Management Change, Corporate Performance, Ron Huberman, Broward County
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