Even as CPS opens more new schools, children with special needs have a tougher time finding options. Placements in private therapeutic schools are scarce, and some charters are reluctant to enroll them.
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By: Alexander Russo / July 10, 2009
Radical School Reform Model Showing ResultsWBEZ
The
turn around school reform model—where all staff is fired and replaced--
is becoming a go-to plan in the Chicago district. Now turn arounds may
have more ammo.
Beleagured Regional Office of Education again faces calls for its ... Chicago Tribune
Last year, Glenview Public School District 34 hired 80 new teachers,
but about a quarter of them were not certified to teach until just a
few days before school started.
Residents get first look at new school concepts Chi-Town Daily News
Chicago Public Schools
has three school sites – one each in Englewood, South Chicago and
Riverdale – that it would like to see transformed into new schools. ..
The hidden homeless: Englewood students targeted for pilot project Chicago Tribune
The department in partnership with Chicago Public Schools will provide 500 families with housing and employment assistance as well as other support services ...
Acquitted ex-teacher sues Schaumburg over physical-abuse arrest Tribune
A former special-education teacher acquitted of charges that he
physically abused several of his students has sued the Village of
Schaumburg and a police detective, saying he was maliciously
prosecuted.
Friday Morning News - AUSL facts
In response to “Problem with WBEZ,†we appreciate that the details can be confusing. Both Julie McEvoy and the AUSL website report accurate numbers. AUSL currently has four turnaround elementary schools – Sherman, Harvard, Howe and Morton – that took this year’s ISAT while under AUSL management. Three additional elementary schools – Bethune, Dulles and Johnson – will be under AUSL turnaround management for the coming school year (2009-10). That’s why AUSL’s website reports a total of seven AUSL elementary turnaround schools. (See www.ausl-chicago.org/schools-3.html for chart listing of all AUSL turnaround schools: seven elementary, one high school.) The number six applies to its training academies, the AUSL pipeline for teachers who are specially trained for urban classrooms. For these and other basic facts, see www.ausl-chicago.org/ausl-testimonials/AUSLFactsheet.pdf.â€
AUSL public relations
Friday Morning News
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lorraine-forte/tougher-tests-just-the-fi_b...
"Tougher Tests Just the First Step to Improving Chicago Schools"
Lorraine Forte
Editor in Chief of Catalyst Chicago
Posted: July 10, 2009 12:57 PM
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if your money depends on scores(ISAT) and you have a private interest to make money then cheating will occur. If you are a government employee then you will do your best to educate the children no matter what the scores are.
Thanks for the stats. 250 students? that is how many I saw in one day in one room.
kugler
Friday Morning News
does UNO have and how many did they NOT test on ISAT?
Friday Morning News
"Check the number of students tested at UNO Tamayo. They only have 11 third graders? They have over 250 students."
NO CHEATING NEEDED, JUST DON'T TEST THEM.
WOW! Alexander--who do you know who can dig into this story. If proved, this would blow a roof off somewhere.
It really would--it would be front page at the suntime and rangle on the huffingtonpost, just huffed and puffed about how great charters arr/ he need to protect that $150+ gs per year salary.
I wonder if he gets a bonus for improved scores
Friday Morning News
Julia McEvoy in her report states AUSL is currently running 4 turn around elementary schools and that three of the four "showed gains that outpaced the rest of the district by several percentage points on the state standards test." The AUSL website claims it runs 6 turn around elementary schools: Sherman, Harvard, Morton, Howe, Bethune, and Johnson.
What kind of reporting is this?