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    Jan 31, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  1. On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield

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    Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......
    2. May 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. The do-nothing caucus

    Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So:
    Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So: Were candidates willing to enact serious pension reform? Cut state...

    Tags: Adam Brown, Elections, Esther Golar, Louis I Lang, Elmhurst

    3. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. CPS head targets K-8 'dropout pipeline'

    Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett vowed Monday to move forcefully to address the city's crisis in K-8 truancy and absenteeism, declaring: "We must work to shut down the dropout pipeline." She said that "while the district has not fully...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, U.S. House Committee on Rules, Chicago Tribune, Government, Chicago Public Schools

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. All Fox Valley-area districts nix virtual charter school plan

    All 18 districts affected by a proposed Fox Valley-area virtual charter school have denied the concept and now await an appeal process. The Illinois Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley sought to draw students from school districts in St. Charles,...

    Tags: Batavia, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Elgin, Naperville, Geneva (Kane, Illinois)

    5. Apr 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Valley View rejects online charter school proposal

    Valley View School District board members have rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district.
    Valley View School District board members have rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district. The Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley has recently submitted proposals to about 18 districts throughout the south and west suburbs....

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Chicago Charter Schools

    6. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. D202 opposes plan for online charter school

    Plainfield school officials lined up Monday with neighboring districts to reject a proposal for an online charter school.
    Plainfield school officials lined up Monday with neighboring districts to reject a proposal for an online charter school. The virtual school would serve students from 18 school districts, including Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202....

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Students, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)

    7. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Naperville D203 rejects plan for online school

    Naperville District 203 school board members rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district at Monday's school board meeting.
    Naperville District 203 school board members rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district at Monday's school board meeting. "There are many reasons to deny the application of the Illinois Virtual Charter School," said board member...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Springfield, Chicago Charter Schools

    8. Dec 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Authorities seek solutions for K-8 absenteeism in Chicago schools

    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies.
    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies. Government agencies and...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Rick Snyder, Jacqueline Y. Collins, Social Services, Prosecution

    9. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. West suburban districts lining up against online charter school

    School districts in the western suburbs are lining up against a proposal to open an online charter school that they say is not in the best interests of students or taxpayers. That might leave a state commission to decide whether students will be signing...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Credit and Debt, Geneva (Seminole, Florida), Students

    10. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Move to lower mandatory school age faces 'uphill climb'

    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or even 5.
    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), University of Alabama, Chicago Tribune

    11. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Panel seeks solutions to school absenteeism

    At a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in school and life.
    Tribune reporters
    At a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Public Officials, NAACP, Aurora, Emma Mitts

    12. Dec 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. CPS head, lawmaker vow to work on truancy after Tribune series

    A top state lawmaker and the head of the Chicago Public schools on Monday vowed to support a high-level task force aimed at combating the crisis in K-8 grade absenteeism and truancy exposed by a recent Tribune series.
    Tribune reporter
    A top state lawmaker and the head of the Chicago Public schools on Monday vowed to support a high-level task force aimed at combating the crisis in K-8 grade absenteeism and truancy exposed by a recent Tribune series. Speaking at a drop-out prevention...

    Tags: Barbara Flynn Currie, Union League Club, Chicago Tribune, Politics, Chicago Mayor

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