Friday Morning News Electrical Fire Breaks Out At South Side Elementary School NBC5
Some students reported breathing problems. Six were transported to area hospitals.The fire knocked out the school's heat and electricity. Students will be bussed to another location if the problem isn't fixed by morning.
Feds say CPS lets down kids learning English Sun Times
The latest motion contends that last school year, close to 3,000 children who were still learning English did not receive required services, or were given inadequate or untimely service. CPS has been aware of the problem since a 2002 analysis, but since then, the number of such children has grown, the motion contends.
The New Business of Education-Charter Schools PBS
"We have a college counseling course that wouldn't be allowed under the union contract where a non-certified college counselor is really the teacher of that class and guides the students through every step of the college application process."
Dream about owning a business? They can teach you how Medill Reports
The program, aimed at students from Chicago public schools that have entrepreneurship programs, was part business guidance and part recruiting for UIC. ...
Illinois may back Off 'silence' requirement in schools St Louis Post Dispatch
That law was subsequently suspended by a Chicago area court pending a constitutional challenge on grounds that it was government-sponsored religious mandate.Rep. John Fritchey, D-Chicago, sponsor of the current bill to make the practice optional, said his intentions are not "anti-prayer."
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Fri Feb 22, 2008 at 11:57 AM
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Ms. Rossi writes: CPS officials have indicated in court that they want to dump the decree, best known for creating the system's hugely popular magnet schools.
This is not true, CPS has argued that it wants part of the decree to remain in place. The part to remain would allow CPS to keep racial balance in magnets and selective schools, which would be illegal if the decree was totally gone. Rossi should go back and look at filings from several years ago, I think she may have even written about this. The main person who wants to dump the case has been the Judge, he has said so on the record several times.
He was convinced basically by the DOJ that CPS was not playing strait with data and backed off on his idea to declare the case over.
This is not true, CPS has argued that it wants part of the decree to remain in place. The part to remain would allow CPS to keep racial balance in magnets and selective schools, which would be illegal if the decree was totally gone. Rossi should go back and look at filings from several years ago, I think she may have even written about this. The main person who wants to dump the case has been the Judge, he has said so on the record several times.
He was convinced basically by the DOJ that CPS was not playing strait with data and backed off on his idea to declare the case over.
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