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Covering the back-stabbing Mike Klonsky
Neither the Sun-Times and Trib even covered the story. Is it an embarrassment for the mayor? Not an importnat enough story? What?
High school senior speaks out against violence Community Beat
Jorge Pule, who will be a senior this fall at Little Village-Lawndale Multicultural Arts High School, made the following remarks June 13 during the ecumenical prayer service that kicked off the "Healing the Hood" event in Little Village.
Could you survive in a public housing high-rise? Part II One Story Up
We're used to talking about CHA tenants as the needy ones.
Interested in a new Montessori Charter School? CPS Obsessed
I've gotten word of a potential Montessori charter school starting up in what I think is the Old Irving Park area.
The education saga of Thaddeus Lott Chicago Examiner
You may not have heard of him, but most professional educators have, and they would prefer you never did.
Suspensions in Chicago Schools Target Black Boys Most Often Catalyst
When punishment for one group of students is so clearly out of proportion to their enrollment, something's undoubtedly amiss.
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Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 3:04 PM
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http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=777
DIY Charter School
Covers issues that crop up, CPS Obsessed Mom.
DIY Charter School
Covers issues that crop up, CPS Obsessed Mom.
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 3:54 PM
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"...Tuskegee hosted a banquet in Chicago for seniors who will be attending the university. Cassius and Micah got dressed up and attended, but no members of their families did. Cassius got a bumper sticker for his dad and wondered out loud if he would put it on his car. A few days later, Cassius says his dad didn’t want it. “Something about he was going to get a new car soon,” he says softly. "
SEE PARENT RESPONSE! SHAME ON THESE PARENTS__this is what needs to change.
SEE PARENT RESPONSE! SHAME ON THESE PARENTS__this is what needs to change.
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM
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what is interesting is that the 1st principal always suspending students got pulled in to be a 'leader' in the Harper turnaround--I guess instead of suspending, she just kicked out the black students. Then Dyett got a real good principal, but she goes someplace else and now they have another principal--in tow years?! No stability...
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM
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A Few of my Own.
Here is my list of skills for surviving Public Housing and the schools
Jet inhabitants attended :
1. I know how to ride on the top of the elevator.
2. I know who the voice of God was.
3. I know how to slide down the downspout from a third floor classroom
4. I know how to move between apartments without using the hall.
5. I know what is at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
6. I know how to stop an escalator using a penny.
7. I know how to fool a teacher.
8. I know how to act dumb.
9. I know how to hit an ear with a penny from 10 feet away.
10. I know why tilt wheel GM products disappear.
11. I know to get three different school ID’s.
12. I know how to get 3 free school lunches every day.
13. I know which teachers grew up in the projects.
14. I know how to act invisible.
15. I have gone with the neighbor and pretended to be their child
16. I know how to act-up in the welfare office so we get out quick.
17. I know how to learn but don’t act like I do
18. I know how t be the original army of one.
Send in your list.
Here is my list of skills for surviving Public Housing and the schools
Jet inhabitants attended :
1. I know how to ride on the top of the elevator.
2. I know who the voice of God was.
3. I know how to slide down the downspout from a third floor classroom
4. I know how to move between apartments without using the hall.
5. I know what is at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
6. I know how to stop an escalator using a penny.
7. I know how to fool a teacher.
8. I know how to act dumb.
9. I know how to hit an ear with a penny from 10 feet away.
10. I know why tilt wheel GM products disappear.
11. I know to get three different school ID’s.
12. I know how to get 3 free school lunches every day.
13. I know which teachers grew up in the projects.
14. I know how to act invisible.
15. I have gone with the neighbor and pretended to be their child
16. I know how to act-up in the welfare office so we get out quick.
17. I know how to learn but don’t act like I do
18. I know how t be the original army of one.
Send in your list.
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 6:33 PM
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Ronnie------ IN JUST A FEW WEEKS (Yes, VERY SOON) teachers will be back to school for the PD days at ALL the increased 'year-round' schools.
Yes, BOSS, students return to school AUGUST 3.
SO who is on the field, my man?
Your 100 days are long over coach! Where is the program?
This ain't no CTA, this ain't no 911, this ain't no foolin' around. You ain't got time for that now.
Yes, BOSS, students return to school AUGUST 3.
SO who is on the field, my man?
Your 100 days are long over coach! Where is the program?
This ain't no CTA, this ain't no 911, this ain't no foolin' around. You ain't got time for that now.
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 7:07 PM
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pd is public domain. yah that's the ticket!
teachers have to do public domain!
teachers have to do public domain!
Thu Jul 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM
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where did all the money go?
read the purpose of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for Illinois. Now if the State Board of Ed says save and create jobs and a district is cutting jobs, what did the local districts do with the money? looks like if even one teachers gets cut this year it would be a case of misallocation of grant(stimulus) money. We might be clsoe to the hand in the cookie jar.
HiHo
Federal Stimulus—American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
The intended purpose of all of the ARRA funds is to save and create jobs, as well as improve education through four key education reform areas:
* Making progress toward rigorous college- and career-ready standards and high quality assessments that are valid and reliable for all students, including English Language learners and students with disabilities;
* Establishing Pre-K to college and career data systems that track progress and foster continuous improvement;
* Making improvements in teacher effectiveness and in the equitable distribution of qualified teachers for all students, particularly students who are most in need; and
* Providing intensive support and effective interventions for the lowest-performing schools.
Within that $3 billion, Illinois is also eligible to receiving more than $2 billion from another portion of ARRA, called the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), which is intended to prevent reductions in critical education funds for elementary and secondary education as well as public institutions of higher education. These funds will flow through the state’s primary funding formulae, General State Aid. No funds are now targeted for school modernization or repairs from SFSF.
Known funding levels from ARRA are as follows for Illinois. More information for FY2010 will be forthcoming, e.g., for Title II, D funds for education technology.
Source - ARRA Funds
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies
$420,148, 642
IDEA Part B Grants to States
$506,479,753
IDEA Part B Preschool Grants
$18,311,491
McKinney-Vento Homeless Grants
$2,202,000
Title II, D--Educational Technology (in July)
$26,515,878 NSLP School Lunch Equipment (in June)
$3,657,300 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (education and general) for elementary, secondary, and public institutions of higher education $2,055,171,987
These funds must be spent expeditiously but sensibly. Planning for their use in 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-2011 is critical. We anticipate that the majority of the funds will be budgeted and used in 2009-10, with a small portion to be obligated in 2010-2011. A single allocation will be available for the formula funds (such as IDEA Preschool) and must be expended by September 30, 2011.
There will also be competitive funds available after July 1st, called the Race to the Top funds. Promising approaches are being requested in the four education reform areas stated above, with about $4.3 billion going out to all states and another $650 million going to districts nationwide.
read the purpose of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for Illinois. Now if the State Board of Ed says save and create jobs and a district is cutting jobs, what did the local districts do with the money? looks like if even one teachers gets cut this year it would be a case of misallocation of grant(stimulus) money. We might be clsoe to the hand in the cookie jar.
HiHo
Federal Stimulus—American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
The intended purpose of all of the ARRA funds is to save and create jobs, as well as improve education through four key education reform areas:
* Making progress toward rigorous college- and career-ready standards and high quality assessments that are valid and reliable for all students, including English Language learners and students with disabilities;
* Establishing Pre-K to college and career data systems that track progress and foster continuous improvement;
* Making improvements in teacher effectiveness and in the equitable distribution of qualified teachers for all students, particularly students who are most in need; and
* Providing intensive support and effective interventions for the lowest-performing schools.
Within that $3 billion, Illinois is also eligible to receiving more than $2 billion from another portion of ARRA, called the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF), which is intended to prevent reductions in critical education funds for elementary and secondary education as well as public institutions of higher education. These funds will flow through the state’s primary funding formulae, General State Aid. No funds are now targeted for school modernization or repairs from SFSF.
Known funding levels from ARRA are as follows for Illinois. More information for FY2010 will be forthcoming, e.g., for Title II, D funds for education technology.
Source - ARRA Funds
Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies
$420,148, 642
IDEA Part B Grants to States
$506,479,753
IDEA Part B Preschool Grants
$18,311,491
McKinney-Vento Homeless Grants
$2,202,000
Title II, D--Educational Technology (in July)
$26,515,878 NSLP School Lunch Equipment (in June)
$3,657,300 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (education and general) for elementary, secondary, and public institutions of higher education $2,055,171,987
These funds must be spent expeditiously but sensibly. Planning for their use in 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-2011 is critical. We anticipate that the majority of the funds will be budgeted and used in 2009-10, with a small portion to be obligated in 2010-2011. A single allocation will be available for the formula funds (such as IDEA Preschool) and must be expended by September 30, 2011.
There will also be competitive funds available after July 1st, called the Race to the Top funds. Promising approaches are being requested in the four education reform areas stated above, with about $4.3 billion going out to all states and another $650 million going to districts nationwide.
Fri Jul 3, 2009 at 8:58 AM
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The year round track E (which most of the schools selected) schedule indicates teacher return on August 3rd and the students return on August 10th.
Fri Jul 3, 2009 at 9:54 AM
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August 5-3 PD days-children come in on the 10th-calendar in on the CPS site
