En la primaria Canty en el Noroeste de la ciudad, algunos salones tienen dos maestros, los estudiantes tienen que comer en sus escritorios, y las clases en los grados primarios exceden el lÃmite del tamaño establecido por la unión.
Construido para 600 niños, Canty matricula 745. La escuela tiene una unidad móvil con cuatro salones pero ninguna adición o anexos están pautados para construcción, dice el principal asistente Jan Keeley.
En la primaria Canty en el Noroeste de la ciudad, algunos salones tienen dos maestros, los estudiantes tienen que comer en sus escritorios, y las clases en los grados primarios exceden el lÃmite del...
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At a summit on teacher quality this winter, Schools Chief Arne Duncan made an ambitious pledge. He promised that Chicago Public Schools would triple the number of master teachers over the next three years and would make sure that more than half of them work in the lowest-performing schools.
At a summit on teacher quality this winter, Schools Chief Arne Duncan made an ambitious pledge. He promised that Chicago Public Schools would triple the number of master teachers over the next three...
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As a reading specialist at Henry Elementary in Irving Park, Trish Meegan wondered if students who struggled with timed, standardized tests could read faster if they learned how to monitor their own speed. To find out, Meegan gathered a group of Henry teachers to design a research study and test her hypothesis.
As a reading specialist at Henry Elementary in Irving Park, Trish Meegan wondered if students who struggled with timed, standardized tests could read faster if they learned how to monitor their own...
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Schools Chief Arne Duncan has set a lofty goal for raising teacher quality in the district: Triple the number of nationally certified teachers over the next three years and put them in classrooms where students need them most.
Currently, 377 CPS teachers have earned National Board certification; Duncan's target is 1,200 by 2008.
"Is this doable? I certainly hope so," says Janet Knupp, president of The Chicago Public Education Fund, which so far has invested $2.5 million in the district's effort to get more master teachers in low-performing schools.
Schools Chief Arne Duncan has set a lofty goal for raising teacher quality in the district: Triple the number of nationally certified teachers over the next three years and put them in classrooms...
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Public education in Illinois is facing a major budget crisis. On March 28, Schools Chief Arne Duncan informed all Chicago Public Schools principals that they must slash their existing budgets in the face of a $175 million shortfall in the state budget for Chicago schools. But there is no "fat" to cut from our lean CPS budgets, and thus public schools are being asked to cut the "meat" out of our students' education. Teaching positions, special education, Advanced Placement classes, and counseling departments—these are all on the chopping block at our schools.
Public education in Illinois is facing a major budget crisis. On March 28, Schools Chief Arne Duncan informed all Chicago Public Schools principals that they must slash their existing budgets in the...
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California: Teacher pay
Educators are shrugging off a plan by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to offer higher pay to lure teachers to failing urban schools, according to the April 26 Los Angeles...
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Kelvyn Park sophomore Bianca Garcia recruited a small group of classmates to start a youth advocacy council and come up with ways to improve their school and community. The idea came via the Mikva Challenge, a non-profit organization that works with high schools to promote youth activism and civic engagement. Bianca, 16, talked to Consulting Editor Lorraine Forte about starting the council and the problems teens face in high schools today.
How did you get involved with the Mikva Challenge?
Kelvyn Park sophomore Bianca Garcia recruited a small group of classmates to start a youth advocacy council and come up with ways to improve their school and community. The idea came via the Mikva...
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MOVING IN/ON Shazia Miller, previously an associate director in the CPS Office of Research, Evaluation and Accountability, is now a senior researcher at Learning Points, a nonprofit education research and consulting firm. ... In July, Mike Milkie, principal of Noble Street Charter, will become superintendent of the Noble Street Charter Network, which eventually will consist of six charter high schools. Bill Olson, a teacher at Noble, will take over as principal of the flagship high school. ...
MOVING IN/ON Shazia Miller, previously an associate director in the CPS Office of Research, Evaluation and Accountability, is now a senior researcher at Learning Points, a nonprofit education...
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The Southwest and Northwest sides of town are two examples of the dilemmas the district has faced as it tried to accurately predict shifting enrollment and plan construction in the face of shrinking capital funds.
Ten years ago, four Southwest Side communities—McKinley Park, Gage Park, Chicago Lawn and Brighton Park—were heavily overcrowded. Each neighborhood received higher-than-average capital spending on new schools and additions, and the severity of overcrowding decreased even though enrollment went up.
The Southwest and Northwest sides of town are two examples of the dilemmas the district has faced as it tried to accurately predict shifting enrollment and plan construction in the face of shrinking...
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As Chicago Public Schools continues to push its Renaissance 2010 initiative, the district is scrambling to find homes for the new schools. In at least two cases, the district placed Renaissance schools in facilities built to relieve overcrowding.
One case involves the second charter school to be operated by Aspira of Illinois, a nonprofit agency. CPS decided to house the new charter in a brand-new school intended to relieve overcrowding at Haugan Elementary in Albany Park.
As Chicago Public Schools continues to push its Renaissance 2010 initiative, the district is scrambling to find homes for the new schools. In at least two cases, the district placed Renaissance...
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A year-round, four-track schedule has some educational benefit, but can also be disruptive to schools and families, a number of principals say.
With the typical four-track schedule, schools eliminate the three-month summer break and replace it with several short vacations throughout the year. At any given time, a quarter of students are on break, which frees up classroom space and allows overcrowded schools to absorb more students, district officials explain.
A year-round, four-track schedule has some educational benefit, but can also be disruptive to schools and families, a number of principals say.
With the typical four-track schedule, schools...
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The Chicago Foundation for Education sponsors about 10 Chicago teachers each year with $1,000 grants to research a question in their own classrooms.
Here is a sampling of past and current research questions:
What happens when students lead their own discussions? What preparation do students need to be successful in a student-led discussion?
—Nora Flynn, history teacher, Payton High
How do students respond to social justice curriculum in my 1st-2nd grade classroom?
The Chicago Foundation for Education sponsors about 10 Chicago teachers each year with $1,000 grants to research a question in their own classrooms.
Here is a sampling of past and current research...
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In the works this year are several research projects that will provide a clearer picture of the teacher quality landscape in Chicago Public Schools.
"Chicago has stepped up and said they want to get a handle on these things," says Tom Carroll, president of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. Here are snapshots of these studies:
Where are the best teachers?
In the works this year are several research projects that will provide a clearer picture of the teacher quality landscape in Chicago Public Schools.
"Chicago has stepped up and said they want to get...
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A new study finds Chicago has succeeded in getting more teachers to earn National Board certification, but built-in obstacles "could derail future efforts" to hire and retain those master teachers in the neediest schools.
To get a handle on how to get and keep the best teachers at hard-to-staff schools, researchers Barnett Berry and Tammy King of the Southeast Center for Teaching Quality in Chapel Hill, N. C., examined the whereabouts and experiences of nationally certified teachers in four urban districts: Chicago, Charlotte, Los Angeles and Miami.
A new study finds Chicago has succeeded in getting more teachers to earn National Board certification, but built-in obstacles "could derail future efforts" to hire and retain those master teachers in...
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Para ayudar a cortar los gastos, las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago están buscando reducir los traslados en autobús de las matrÃculas controladas en todas las escuelas sobre pobladas.
Alrededor de 30 escuelas primarias y cinco secundarias tienen matrÃcula controlada bajo la cual los estudiantes del vecindario son transportados a otras escuelas para evitar o limitar la sobrepoblación.
Los oficiales de CPS esperan que las secundarias—Morgan Park, Gage Park, Foreman, Steinmetz y Hubbard—eliminen la práctica para el 2006-07.
Para ayudar a cortar los gastos, las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago están buscando reducir los traslados en autobús de las matrÃculas controladas en todas las escuelas sobre pobladas.
Alrededor de 30...
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Mientras las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago continúan empujando su iniciativa Renacimiento 2010, el distrito esta luchando por encontrar hogares para las nuevas escuelas. En al menos dos casos, e distrito puso las escuelas Renacimiento en facilidades construidas para aliviar la sobrepoblación.
Un caso involucra a la segunda escuela autónoma a ser operada por Aspira de Illinois, una agencia sin fines de lucro. La CPS decidió alojar la nueva escuela autónoma en una escuela nueva construida para aliviar la sobrepoblación de la primaria Haugan en Albany Park.
Mientras las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago continúan empujando su iniciativa Renacimiento 2010, el distrito esta luchando por encontrar hogares para las nuevas escuelas. En al menos dos casos, e...
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