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A group of Chicago high school students plans to boycott part of this week’s state exam, because they say it’s unfair to judge whether their schools are good or not based on one test, WBEZ reports.

In the News: Las Vegas recruiting CPS teachers

By: Cassandra West

Tags: CPS teachers

In the midst of Chicago’s school closings, Las Vegas plans to send recruiters to claim some of Chicago’s best teachers. (Medill Reports)

Parent mentor program at risk of losing funds

By: Dona Fernandes

Tags: Logan Square Neighborhood Association

A year after winning state funding to expand a program aimed at getting parents actively involved in their children’s education, advocates spent Thursday in Springfield fighting to keep it going.

Digital divide among CPS students, schools: study

By: Sarah Karp

Tags: Consortium on Chicago School Research, technology

The vast majority of CPS middle school and high school students have access to the Internet, but only half of them regularly use it to do academic work.

That is one of the more unexpected findings of a Consortium on Chicago School Research study on technology use among CPS students, released today.

In the News: Stand for Children seizes an opening

By: Cassandra West

Tags: Stand for Children

A local chapter of the national education reform group Stand For Children, the well-funded, pro-charter organization that helped push through Illinois legislation for a longer school day and teacher evaluations, has been canvassing Chicago neighborhoods most affected by schools closings, according to WBEZ.

Delays in special ed preschool placements spark more state monitoring

By: Rebecca Harris

Tags: early childhood education, special education

CPS faces more intensive state monitoring following a ruling that the district isn’t doing a good enough job helping students transition from Early Intervention services into preschool special education.

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