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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In the News: Friday, March 12
By: John Myers / March 12, 2010
Rep. Monique Davis wants violence hotline for Chicago schools; critics say its another unfunded mandate. (Chicago Talks)
House Bill 4647, which passed the House 112-1 last month and is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate, would force Chicago Public Schools to start a hotline to collect anonymous tips from people who might otherwise fear reporting crimes to the police. The hotline would be run by the Chicago Police Department, which would investigate each call.
* Marconi consolidation plans in flux. (Substance)
* Gov. Quinn starts tax hike barnstorm at Springfield school. (SJR)
* Schools must plan for bleakest of state budgets. (NYT/CNC)
Rep. Monique Davis wants violence hotline for Chicago schools; critics say its another unfunded mandate. (Chicago Talks)
House Bill 4647, which passed the House 112-1 last month and is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate, would force Chicago Public Schools to start a hotline to collect anonymous tips from people who might otherwise fear reporting crimes to the police. The hotline would be run by the Chicago Police Department, which would investigate each call.
* Marconi consolidation plans in flux. (Substance)
In state news
* Gov. Quinn starts tax hike barnstorm at Springfield school. (SJR)
* Schools must plan for bleakest of state budgets. (NYT/CNC)
In Elgin, District U-46 officials were planning for a $15 million budget deficit for the 2010-11 school year. Then, last week, as José M. Torres, the superintendent, put it, the district heard that a “tsunami” was coming its way in the form of the governor’s proposed cuts. For Elgin, that would mean having to cut about another $29 million for the next school year, sacrificing the smaller elementary school class sizes it worked hard to obtain last year.
A few weeks ago, Rod Westfall, president of the school board in District 202 in Plainfield, and other board members had to cut 160 jobs as part of a plan to save $21 million. He is frustrated by school budgets getting caught up in politics.
* Three districts in East Alton and Wood River may consolidate. (Telegraph)
* University of Illinois considers 3-year degree program. (Sun-Times)
In national news
* Like Illinois, New York has yet to finalize its panel of Race to the Top presenters. (Gotham Schools)
* R2T-inspired bills up for votes in Rhode Island just before officials defend the state’s application for phase one cash. (Providence Journal)
* R2T finalists that lose out next week will face stiffer competition in the next round. Washington lawmakers, for example, have approved school changes aimed at beefing up the state’s application for phase two. (Seattle Times)
* California group suggests a link between campaign donations and lawmakers’ votes on R2T initiatives. (CVBT)
* Kansas City will close 28 of its 61 schools. (NYT)
* North Carolina schools in Ed Department’s crosshairs for re-segregation, part of a push to beef up civil rights inforcement. (NPR)
In the News: Friday, March 12
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