As CPS prepares to close a record number of schools, the fate of students and communities is in question.
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In the News: Repeated failures by school reformers
A key quote from an essay on the failure of repeated school reform ideas acknowledges the "mostly wasted effort if the major cause of school problems stems from social conditions beyond the control of the schools." The essay, titled "Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America’s Youth," was just published in the Teachers College Record at Columbia University.
Classes will resume today in North Shore School District 112 after teachers and the school board reached a tentative contract agreement early this morning. (Tribune)
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During their second debate, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Tuesday night framed the issue of education as an economic one.
Bill and Melinda Gates, whose foundation has poured $10 million into a Colorado program testing ways to combine new state standards and teacher evaluations, visited there this week on a semi-secret visit to assess how the work has progressed. (Denver Post)
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