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In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
By: John Myers / May 21, 2010
A 20-week ballroom dancing program that operates in 15 Chicago public schools faces extinction as federal and local funding sources dry up. (Chicago News Cooperative)
* Today is election day for the Chicago Teachers Union and five candidates are vying for president. (WBEZ)
Related: Eight Forty-Eight discussed the importance of the election with Susan Moore Johnson of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Results are expected early Saturday morning. If no candidate wins a clear majority of votes, a runoff will take place on June 11.
* The Tribune offers more details on the budget transparency lawsuit filed by the union caucus CORE.
* NAEP reading scores were released for 18 urban districts yesterday, including Chicago. The Sun-Times discussed Chicago's flat results with outgoing Chief Education Officer Barbara Eason-Watkins.
A 20-week ballroom dancing program that operates in 15 Chicago public schools faces extinction as federal and local funding sources dry up. (Chicago News Cooperative)
* Today is election day for the Chicago Teachers Union and five candidates are vying for president. (WBEZ)
Related: Eight Forty-Eight discussed the importance of the election with Susan Moore Johnson of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Results are expected early Saturday morning. If no candidate wins a clear majority of votes, a runoff will take place on June 11.
* The Tribune offers more details on the budget transparency lawsuit filed by the union caucus CORE.
* NAEP reading scores were released for 18 urban districts yesterday, including Chicago. The Sun-Times discussed Chicago's flat results with outgoing Chief Education Officer Barbara Eason-Watkins.
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* Winners have been announced in the state's Internet safety awareness campaign, including two ASPIRA students. (Community Times)
* Addison 8th-graders will meet President Obama after their recycling efforts draw national attention. (Daily Herald)
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* Teachers face stiffing job market. (NY Times)
* Former Chicago Tribune writer Stephanie Banchero, now with the Wall Street Journal, takes a comprehensive look at NAEP reading scores.
* As competition gears up around $437 million for performance-based compensation systems, three national groups of teachers and school administrators have released principals that they hope will shape proposal planning. (Ed Week)
In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
FROM CTU WEBSITE.
"We apologize for the delay in picking up ballots due to weather and traffic. The delivery service has had difficulty in reaching all of the schools. Please note that ballots may be dropped off at the AAA office at 225 N. Michigan Ave, Room 1840, or at Local 399 Union Hall at 2260 S. Grove St. AAA offices 312-616-6582 or 312-616-6560."
In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
Unofficial CTU election results via Substance News:
UPC 31.9
CORE 30
PACT 15.1
CSDU 6.8
SEA 5.6
George Schmidt, Substance editor, reporting at 7:25 a.m. via phone from AAA vote counting where he has been observing the vote since Friday at 1:00 p.m., says that these percentages have held all night. There is still another hour or so of counting this morning and 34 schools have not returned ballots. The final count will not be done until Monday. George reports that the process has integrity. See www.substancenews.net for updates.
In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
thing for teachers all wrong. We should be paying the parents to raise their children right and to attned school to learn how to do it. Then, their children would be ready to learn. Why are we not paying parents to raise good children?
In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
My school didn't have the ballots picked up until 4:30 and we finished with the election at 9:30. The driver wouldn't give us a receipt. The delegate left at 3:00, but I had to stay after or I wouldn't have known the ballot box was still there. I called the union, but the lady said to leave the box in the school? Why would they tell somebody that? Did they just not want our votes to count???
In the News: ballroom dancing, election day
Say no to the plantation caucus, UPC. Vote CORE which WILL MEAN DEMOCRACY WILL COME BACK TO OUR UNION!!
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