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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.

In the News: Huberman's views on turnarounds, layoffs and evaluating teachers

WBEZ offers unfiltered audio  of Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman's speech to the nonprofit City Club. Huberman talks about recent layoff, Illinois failed Race to the Top bid and wanting to overhaul teacher evaluations at CPS and to make those evaluations to parents.

WBEZ offers unfiltered audio  of Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman's speech to the nonprofit City Club. Huberman talks about recent layoff, Illinois failed Race to the Top bid and wanting to overhaul teacher evaluations at CPS and to make those evaluations to parents.

Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis and Lois Weiner, a professor of education at New Jersey City University, appear on the TV show "Democracy Now" to discuss their views on President Obama's "business model" for school reforms.

Substance News has an article on the Chicago School Board's decision to renew a contract with the Galapagos Charter School despite the school being listed as below the district average in all tested areas.

In the nation

Minnesota, home of the nation's oldest charter school movement, tightens oversight of charter schools. (St. Cloud Times)

The New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt looks at the argument for measuring teacher performance and the use of value-added data.

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