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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Washington, DC, Chicago Charter Schools, Chicago Mayor, Health and Safety at School, Rahm Emanuel
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Ameya Pawar, Near North Side, Richard M. Daley, Francis Scott Key, Lobbying
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Illinois Governor, CNBC (tv network), Media Industry, Chicago Mayor, Google Inc.
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Washington, DC, Chicago Mayor, Plant Closings, Robin Williams, Rahm Emanuel
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Natural Disasters, Rahm Emanuel, DePaul University, Tornadoes
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Stylish MCA celebration; Pride Parade rolls out 42nd
![The Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated 15 years of performances on the MCA stage with its benefit, "remixed/reimagined."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/62940934-01150443-187105.jpg "The Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated 15 years of performances on the MCA stage with its benefit, "remixed/reimagined.\"")
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated 15 years of performances on the MCA stage with its benefit, "remixed/reimagined." The evening began with an outdoor reception on the front plaza that included food from some of Chicago's food trucks, plus mini...Tags: Illinois Governor, LGBT Pride Month, Chicago Mayor, Festive Events, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Chicago Elections, Local Government, Humboldt Park, University of Chicago, Chicago Mayor
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School-closing foes take to the streets again
Beads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown's face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana Avenue is slated...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Health and Safety at School, Bronzeville
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CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
Tribune reporterAbout 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, kicked off at 10 a.m. at Jesse Owens...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Jesse Owens, Chicago Mayor, Teachers
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Elections, Karen Lewis, Career and Workplace, Separation of Church and State
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Police Arrests, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall, Activism
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, Chicago Charter Schools, Police Arrests, Karen Lewis
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