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In the News: Black suspension rate 'alarming' March 07, 2012 By: Cassandra West U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan acknowledged Monday that African American students receive disproportionately harsher discipline than white students in schools nationwide — and especially in Chicago. Read More \| (9) Comments	In the News: Emanuel heads to ed forum in D.C. March 01, 2012 By: Cassandra West Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be among big-city mayors participating in a Washington D.C. education forum Friday with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that will highlight local efforts to improve education in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Read More \| (2) Comments
In the News: Tribune asks Duncan to return CPS money February 07, 2012 By: Cassandra West The Tribune has written a rather uncharacteristic editorial in the form of a memo. It asks U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan "to do something good for the schools and set an example for everyone who works there" by returning the $50,297 he collected in unused vacation time when he left CPS in 2009. Read More \| (1) Comments	In the News: Poor schools shortchanged in funding December 01, 2011 By: Cassandra West More than 40 percent of high-poverty schools receive less than their fair share of state and local funding, leaving students in high-poverty schools with fewer resources than schools attended by their wealthier peers, according to a U.S. Department of Education analysis of new data on 2008-09 school-level expenditures. Read More \| (1) Comments
In the News: Duncan to visit Chicago school October 19, 2011 By: Cassandra West Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the former Chicago Public Schools CEO, returns to Chicago on Thursday. He will appear with Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean Claude Brizard and school board vice president David Vitale at an afternoon event to highlight the Lights On Afterschool programs around the country at the Morton Elementary School, 431 N. Troy. Read More \| (0) Comments	Consortium study says little improvement in elementary students over two decades September 30, 2011 By: Sarah Karp Chicago has long been seen as a leader in education reform, and the apparent progress here even helped elevate Arne Duncan from district CEO to U.S. Secretary of Education. But a study released today by the Consortium on Chicago School Research claims there’s been no significant improvement in the key area of elementary school reading, and that the racial achievement gap has worsened over the past two decades since the advent of the first phase of school reform. Read More \| (5) Comments
Decoding the district's progress report for 2008 January 07, 2009 By: John Myers Chicago Public Schools put on its best face in 2008: Another Year of Strong Progress for Chicago’s Students – the district’s self-assessment of last year’s accomplishments and test score gains. But the rosy numbers mask a troubling reality, including decidedly mixed results on test scores at the showcase turnaround schools. On one measure – first-day attendance – the district is being disingenuous. Read More \| (0) Comments

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