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In the News: CPS joins Urban School Food Alliance January 18, 2013 By: Cassandra West CPS on Thursday announced that it will join five of the largest U.S. school districts to build a coalition to drive down food service costs and increase quality and healthiness. New York City, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade, Dallas and Orlando, Fla., are the other districts joining the Urban School Food Alliance. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: CPS struggles to find subs January 17, 2013 By: Cassandra West Many Chicago Public Schools report only being able to fill as many as a third of teacher absences on any given day, leaving principals and other teachers to scramble to lead classes across the city — a problem that surfaced even before a flu outbreak struck, according to DNAInfo.com. Read More \| (5) Comments
In the News: D46 teachers go on strike January 16, 2013 By: Cassandra West Teachers in Grayslake, Round Lake and other northern suburbs are going on strike this morning after they were unable to reach an agreement with Community Consolidated School District 46, the Tribune reports. Read More \| (1) Comments	In the News: CPS alters public comment policy January 15, 2013 By: Cassandra West The Chicago Public School Board imposed a new, more restrictive policy on public comment Monday that critics said could limit debate at the meetings. Effective for the board's monthly meeting set for Jan. 23, anyone wishing to make a public comment must register online, by phone or in person the week before. Read More \| (11) Comments
In the News: High schools should be off table, CEO says January 14, 2013 By: Cassandra West Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett agrees with a panel on school closings that high schools should be off the table as the district prepares to shut down a large number of buildings, a CPS spokeswoman said, according to the Tribune this morning. Read More \| (7) Comments	In the News: 'Teacher in Library' program expanded January 11, 2013 By: Cassandra West Chicago Public Library’s homework help program, “Teacher in the Library,” will be expanded to all neighborhood branches, the mayor's office announced Thursday. Read More \| (0) Comments
In the News: Calif. teachers fund sells gun stocks January 10, 2013 By: Cassandra West The California State Teachers Retirement System, known as Calstrs, voted unanimously to begin a formal process of divesting in companies like the one that made the semiautomatic rifle used in Newtown, Conn., according to The New York Times. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: NYC teacher misconduct complaints rise January 09, 2013 By: Cassandra West A record number of allegations of wrongdoing against teachers and other Department of Education workers were received last year by the office that investigates misconduct in New York City schools, according to a report released on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. Read More \| (7) Comments
In the News: CPS faulted on disabilities evaluations January 08, 2013 By: Cassandra West In a complaint filed on Monday with the Illinois State Board of Education, a nonprofit advocacy group says Chicago Public Schools have repeatedly failed to evaluate children with disabilities and move them into special education preschool programs, according to The New York Times. Read More \| (2) Comments