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In the News: S. Loop high school center of dispute
By: Cassandra West / June 21, 2012
A dispute has broken out between Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) and CPS over what kind of public schooling to offer in the fast-growing South Loop, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
Chicago Teachers Union members outmaneuvered the mayor, school officials and anti-union education groups by overwhelmingly approving a measure that allows teachers to strike if contract negotiations fall flat, National Public Radio correspondent Cheryl Corley reports.
CPS is set to be awarded on Thursday a $36 million federal School Improvement Grant to perform what is called "transformation" on five high schools and to turnaround one. (Catalyst)
CPS has postponed a Monday night meeting that was to inform parents about the status of district negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union. The district would reschedule the meeting after a three-member fact-finding panel issues a recommended settlement in mid-July – probably for sometime in August, CPS spokeswoman Robyn Ziegler said Wednesday morning. (Catalyst)
MORE: Ziegler said parents began asking specific questions on the district's contract offer to the Chicago Teachers Union. Some of the questions coming from parents included asking for details about proposals, counter-proposals and teacher compensation, Ziegler said. (Tribune)
IN THE STATE
The contract of Rich Township High School District 227 Supt. Donna Leak was extended for five years by the school board Tuesday, even though the existing contract didn’t expire until next year. (Southtown Star)
IN THE NATION
The College Board has put 857 desks on the National Mall in Washington to represent the 857 high school students who drop out every hour of every school day.
As a new federal report found that charter schools aren’t enrolling as many special-education students as traditional public schools, legislation designed to address that imbalance in New York remains stalled. (Wall Street Journal)
Education leaders in the Texas House aired a series of grievances about the state's new standardized test on Tuesday, but also acknowledged that growing pains are common every time the state implements a new statewide testing system. (Chronicle)
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