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Even as CPS opens more new schools, children with special needs have a tougher time finding options. Placements in private therapeutic schools are scarce, and some charters are reluctant to enroll them.

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New Schools for Chicago broadens parent outreach February 08, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris A year after announcing ambitious expansion plans, New Schools for Chicago – formerly known as the Renaissance Schools Fund – has hired new staff members and is embarking on a public campaign to promote new schools. Read More \| (4) Comments	Washington Park charter school gets 'turnaround,' other campuses change management hands September 13, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris Several Chicago International Charter School campuses made teachers reapply for their jobs earlier this year, including one campus, Washington Park, that is undergoing a ‘turnaround’-type restructuring. Read More \| (1) Comments
Reprieve for neighborhood schools leaves new schools homeless April 26, 2011 By: Sam Barnett Beidler Elementary and Tilton Elementary won’t be on the agenda of Wednesday’s board meeting. That’s good news for the parents and staff who fought plans to consolidate them with nearby schools, but not such good news for the two charter high schools that would have taken over their buildings. Read More \| (4) Comments	New Schools for Chicago looks to turnaround failing charters April 25, 2011 By: Sam Barnett In the wake last week’s major announcement on Chicago’s new schools CEO and board, the privately-backed Renaissance Schools Fund put the word out that it is changing its name and embarking on a new plan to open 50 more schools. Read More \| (9) Comments
Charter schools hear tough talk on accountability April 11, 2011 The former superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools had some strong words on Monday for charter advocates: Put children's education first, even if doing so is detrimental to charters themselves. Howard Fuller, now the founder and director of Marquette University’s Institute for the Transformation of Learning, focused his remarks on charter accountability. Fuller was the keynote speaker at the Illinois Network of Charter Schools’ annual statewide conference, which kicked off on Monday. Read More \| (7) Comments	Three charter schools get boundaries February 23, 2011 Despite some opposition at the Board of Education meeting today, a new Englewood Montessori school will open its doors next year, and three charter schools will be allowed to establish attendance boundaries for their stu Read More \| (8) Comments
New Schools expo draws parents and students with questions January 31, 2011 Hundreds of parents, students and families poured in to Soldier Field bright and early this Saturday, not to get an early seat at a game, but to hear about new schools and charter schools eager to recruit a fresh class of students. Read More \| (1) Comments	School board members approve new charter school contracts, Near West Side magnet school January 26, 2011 By: Sarah Karp After being caught off guard at the December board meeting where members held off on voting on charter school contracts, charter operators and supporters brought out more than 1000 parents and teachers to January’s meeting. By 9 a.m. Wednesday, the boisterous crowd circled CPS’ headquarters wearing bright yellow scarves, carrying red balloons and chanting, “We want a choice” and other slogans. Read More \| (15) Comments
Burnett: 27th Ward charters need attendance boundary January 18, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris At Tuesday night’s charter school forum at CPS headquarters, Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. (27th ward) spoke in support of proposals to open Legal Preparatory Academy and a Chicago International Charter School campus in his ward. But he had one condition: “People from our ward have to be able to go to our school." Read More \| (4) Comments

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