Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday Morning News
Board of Ed nixes charter expansion Chi-Town Daily News
I don't think there's a good fallback position," says Arne Duncan, CPS chief. The success of the LEARN Charter, located in the North Lawndale area, ...

Board of Ed Approves Controversial Schools Combination WBEZ
At yesterday's board meeting the district's long term strategy of opening new schools within existing schools again came under fire. The new Burroughs will be located within Pope Elementary in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. A separate school-sharing proposal between LEARN Charter School and Gregory Elementary in the Garfield Park area was denied at yesterday's meeting. About a dozen schools around the city share their buildings with other schools.

UIC Prep proposed for Gladstone building Chicago Journal
At the hearing, Jeanne Nowaczewski, senior manager in the Chicago Public Schools Office of New Schools, said Noble Street applied to open a new high school ...

2 shootings of kids, gang violence worry students at Global ... Chicago Tribune
Reed was the second Chicago Public Schools student in the South Chicago neighborhood to be shot in less than a week. Adamnesha Harris, 12, was wounded in ...

CPS school improvement falls short Austin Weekly News
When the Chicago Public Schools' high school transition plan was first launched in 2006, CEO Arne Duncan confidently addressed the media, ...