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CTA cutbacks create safety concerns for some students. (WBEZ)
At Chicago’s Roberto Clemente Community Academy, at the corner of Western and Division, assistant principal Antonio Perez , says the number of students waiting to travel westbound is already a safety concern. Now he’s worried about the reduction in bus service.
* Matt Farmer with the Huffington Post offers a view from the cot: notes on a Lincoln Park student forced to live in a homeless shelter.
Across Illinois
* Elgin U46 has asked the General Assembly to override state education officials and allow enlarged English language learner classes. (Daily Herald)
* State Sen. James Meeks says he is open to vouchers and will push the Illinois School Choice Program in SB 2494. (IL Statehouse News)
Meeks’ proposal calls for giving the voucher option first to students from the 50 top failing schools…“Let’s have vouchers for failing schools first,” he said. “Let’s start with the critically injured.”
* Superintendent Chris Koch’s weekly message includes new guidelines for determining special education eligibility in a Response to Intervention framework. (PDF)
* A daily dish of red ink: Carterville early childhood program prepares for worst (WSIL); Southland school districts look to save extracurricular programs with fee hikes (Southtown Star); D300 considers more cuts (Daily Herald); fundraisers in St. Charles offer help in lean times (My Suburban Life).
Across the country
* At the midpoint, Ed Week assesses federal stimulus spending and its dueling objectives.
Even with the different pots of money—each with its own specific aims—the Education Department has sought to harmonize the conflicting messages to state and district leaders: They must preserve school programs and save teacher and other staff jobs, while making fundamental changes that will improve student achievement.
* Georgia lawmakers draft bills that would criminalize cheating on state tests and connect teacher pay to student performance. (AJC)
* No charters: that’s a 40-point deduction from Alabama’s Race to the Top application. (Birmingham News)
* Bipartisan support revives charter legislation in Mississippi. (Clarion Ledger)
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