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In the News: Closings could become federal case
By: Cassandra West / February 27, 2012
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition officials said Friday they hope to convince the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate resource inequities within Chicago Public Schools, including a policy that “starves’’ struggling schools of repair dollars, the Sun-Times reported over the weekend.
Chicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard took to the pulpit on Sunday to defend the controversial decision to close or turn around struggling schools. (Tribune)
Community leaders and CTU officials are aiming to build momentum to wrestle control of Chicago's school board away from the mayor and restore it as a publicly elected body, according to the Tribune.
A South Side parent writes in a letter to the editor that CPS is not listening to parents on the issue of longer school days. (Sun-Times)
IN THE NATION
An Indianapolis Star analysis of a new state grading system shows that schools — traditional and charters — that serve high-poverty students will be especially affected by the new system.
Both critics and proponents of school choice say growth in state special education voucher programs could pave the way for broader school-choice initiatives. (Education Week)
The New York City Education Department released the ratings of thousands of teachers on Friday, ending a nearly year-and-a-half-long legal battle by the teachers’ union to keep the names confidential. (The New York Times)
A legal defeat is turning into a political victory for the United Federation of Teachers, galvanizing members and mobilizing allies on the left. (The New York Times)
Febderal money ???
How does UNO get federal money when it's own Director( owner) say he doesnt care about "white liberals"? How can you say you don't care about an entire race? How can you say this? I am not some white supremicist ....and I am actually the father of a 1/2 latina child. But rangle???? come onThis has to violate every federal mandate on read below: uote from rangle "People vote with their feet," he says. "If parents don't want their kids to come here, they don't have to. Some people—white liberals—say, 'We don't want them wearing uniforms.' Hey, let parents decide." How can you call out a race? I don't get it..how can he only promote "Latin Education" with Federal Dollars? Ok Im not saying send him to prison...but shouldnt the mayor say soemhing when he is implying something about how "bad white liberals" are and how great "latinos" are????
Our Federal Governemnt says
"OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal funds from the Department of Education. These laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin, sex, disability, and on the basis of age."
Just wondering if anyone else had this experience?
Last Monday was a school holiday. I got a call from a CPS number and a man asked about my child’s application to the Chicago Technology Academy, a charter h.s. But we hadn’t applied there and I told him we are not interested.
I asked how the caller had gotten our number and where he worked.
He said he worked in Human Resources at CPS. I said I thought you would be involved in benefits and employment policies, not recruiting for a charter h.s. Then he said he had a full-time and a part-time job with CPS. I asked him to explain that, but he had gotten tired of the questions by then and hung up.
Then we got a call this Saturday saying my child had been accepted at the charter school.
Don’t charters have to run lotteries?
Not true--not at all--time for a no-confidence vote!
Brizard “truly believes principals and teachers at the school level know best how to make that happen.”
he asks only Rahm what to do!
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