Marshall High and other turnaround high schools, in Chicago and nationally, face a thorny dilemma. Higher-performing students are being siphoned off through competition, driving down enrollment and raising tough policy questions about the future of these schools.
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By: Alexander Russo / April 13, 2008
Running Against Sitting LSC Members At KinzieThere
are a slew of schools with competitive LSC elections, but in at least
some cases those candidates who are running against sitting LSC members
feel like they're fighting an uphill battle. (5) Comments
High School Art Teacher Attacked In Class - On Video -- Gets Little HelpIt happened in Detroit and is now on national news:
Footage and interview from the Today Show. (14) Comments
Pro-LSC Transcribers Needed - Saturday EventFrom TSJ: This Saturday, April 12, from 11:15-1:00 at Kennicott Park, 4434 S. LAKE PARK, will be the first city-wide
hearings on strengthening Local School Councils.
Following Up On Magnet Acceptances & DecisionsParents
(and others who might know): I'm curious about what happened next on
the whole magnet school lottery mess that was delaying acceptance
letters and mucking up everyone's spring (Another CPS Magnet Mess-Up?). (14) Comments
Around The BlogsThere's some good writing going on in other blogs:
CLTV Series On Teen Violence Next Week "In the wake of a rash of deaths involving Chicago Public Schools
students, CLTV is airing a week of live special programs created to
take a closer look at the issue. | (7) Comments
Nobel Principal Mirna Diaz Accused Of StealingDid principal steal $35K? Chicago Sun-Times
Her attorney, Steven Hunter, said Diaz has paid back $23,000 and
plans to pay back the rest. "We expect that when the trial is
concluded, and both sides have been heard, that she'll be exonerated,''
he said. "There were extenuating circumstances.''
Chicago Public Schools principal accused of stealing $35000 Tribune
Sullivan's office launched a sixth-month investigation into Diaz Ortiz
after an anonymous tipster alleged to school officials that there had
been financial improprieties at the school. (19) Comments
Student Death Prompted Eisendrath DepartureThis
may be old news to everyone one but me, but I didn't know until I read
this article that Edwin Eisendrath, the former classroom teacher and
alderman who once ran against Governor Rod, quit teaching because of a
violent incident at his school: (10) Comments
Best BlogsMy
other blog, This Week In Education, was just named to Washington Post
education columnist Jay Mathews' favorite blogs list -- again. Hooray.
Too bad that TWIE isn't nearly as good as this blog, with all its savvy
readers and commenters. Seriously.
"Stand Up, Englewood," Says Former Simeon Sports StarAccording
to Will Okun, former Simeon basketball star Derrick Rose gave a shout
out to his old neighborhood last week during a nationally televised
interview:
"Stand up, Englewood," he said -- apparently in reference to the
shooting death of a high school friend earlier in the week.
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What Happened At The CTU House Of Delegates Mtg.
(190) Comments
"The legislature really shouldn't try to micromanage Chicago's schools--especially in ways they would never interfere in the state's other school districts."
Yeah, because that never...