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For the Record: Longer day across the district this year? Not likely September 01, 2011 By: Staff UPDATE: A day after CTU President Karen Lewis shut the door on a whole scale extending of the school day this year, teachers at three schools voted to keep students in class for 90 more minutes. Read More \| (20) Comments	Math & Science Academy comes to Chicago; Kellogg teacher wins national award April 09, 2009 By: Staff ACADEMY COMES TO CPS The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is slated to open a Chicago field office at Doolittle Middle School, as early as this summer or early fall. The office will offer programs for middle and high school students interested in math and science, including family and community-based programs, as well as programs for teachers. Keshia Osley, an Academy staffer who works as a liaison with the Illinois Virtual High School, will become the full-time coordinator for the satellite office. Read More \| (1) Comments
Principals yanked from 2 schools April 03, 2009 By: Staff Clifton Hunt, principal of Oglesby Elementary in Auburn Gresham and Darreyl Young-Gibson, principal of Julian High School in Washington Heights were removed from their posts and, according to a district press release, will be reassigned to other administrative duties. Schools CEO Huberman cited shortfalls in student performance and safety concerns among the reasons for removing the two principals. Careda Taylor, chief of staff in the Office of High School Programs, was tapped as interim at Julian. Principal Rebecca Watson of Reed Elementary will take over at Oglesby. Read More \| (1) Comments	Easton leaving Consortium for Washington April 03, 2009 By: Staff John Q. Easton, executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research, will be nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. The Institute was created in 2002 to provide rigorous research and evaluation on education programs and policies and to report a wide variety of data, including data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Easton will oversee four national research centers. Easton's successor at the Consortium has not been named. Read More \| (0) Comments
Early childhood teaching awards March 31, 2009 By: Staff Four CPS educators have been named recipients of the 2009 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award for teachers who work with children from preschool through 3rd grade in the Chicago metropolitan area. This year’s winners are: Dayna Darby, a preschool teacher at Talcott Fine Arts; Elizabeth Gross, a 2nd-grade teacher at Legacy Charter School; Camia Hoard, a 1st-grade teacher at Frazier Preparatory; and Lourdes Molina, a preschool teacher at the Belmont-Cragin Early Childhood Center. Read More \| (0) Comments	College access expert leaves CPS for DC March 27, 2009 By: Staff Greg Darnieder, the longtime head of the CPS Office of College and Careers, left the district this week to become special assistant on college access to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. While at CPS, Darnieder was credited with establishing a relationship with the National Student Clearinghouse that provided the district with specific information on college enrollment for CPS graduates. He also implemented a pilot program that put college coaches into high schools, with the sole job of boosting college enrollment. Read More \| (0) Comments
Where new schools will be located March 26, 2009 By: Staff Seven new Renaissance 2010 schools will share space with existing CPS schools this fall, and four more new schools will move into buildings that now house schools slated to close, district officials announced at the March 25 School Board meeting. Read More \| (0) Comments	Top CTA officials move to CPS March 10, 2009 By: Staff Adam Case, former chief of customer communications for the Chicago Transit Authority, is now deputy chief of staff to CEO Ron Huberman; Denise Turner, former senior project consultant in performance management at the CTA, is reportedly slated to join the CPS Department of Strategy and Planning; her appointment is not yet official. Read More \| (0) Comments
Finalists for early childhood award February 26, 2009 By: Staff Thirteen CPS teachers are finalists for the 2009 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award, given to outstanding educators who work in preschool through 3rd-grade classrooms in the metropolitan Chicago area. Five winners will be chosen from among the 19 finalists; the winners will be announced in April and honored at a luncheon in June. Winners will receive a $5,000 cash award; $1,000 cash for their school; professional development, including a free graduate course at the Erikson Institute; and a classroom field trip to the Kohl Children’s Museum. Read More \| (1) Comments

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