Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thursday Morning News, Part 2

Five new magnet elementary schools proposed Chi-Town Daily News
... schools will open next fall if the Board of Education approves a plan announced Tuesday by Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Public Schools officials. ...

New Curfew, Crackdown Aim To Curb Teen Violence NBC5.com
"Our schools have never been safer," Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan said. "What we have to do is get guns out of society." Mayor Richard Daley said ...

Security upgrades planned for city’s public high schools Chicago Defender
The killings of 18 Chicago Public Schools students this year means security changes will occur at several city high schools, CPS officials ...

Washington principal speaks out on gun incident South Bend Tribune
The second student transferred from Chicago Public Schools just after winter break. "We needed to find out some more information about the kid," McCullough ...

‘Directed’ Leadership Key to Early School Improvement, Report Finds EdWeek
School leaders who are turning around low-performing schools use three distinctly different leadership strategies for early, middle, and late-stage improvement, says a new report.