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Survey results detail each school's climate, teaching quality September 13, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris A new website launched this morning gives detailed information about teachers’ and students’ attitudes toward their school. Read More \| (3) Comments	For the Record: Longer day across the district this year? Not likely September 01, 2011 By: Staff UPDATE: A day after CTU President Karen Lewis shut the door on a whole scale extending of the school day this year, teachers at three schools voted to keep students in class for 90 more minutes. Read More \| (20) Comments
Parents, teachers tout classroom councils to boost engagement August 25, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris A local Early Head Start parent is traveling to Washington, D.C. this Friday to share a new parent engagement strategy with White House officials. Read More \| (0) Comments	Summer institutes get teachers into neighborhoods August 12, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris Research shows that strong relationships among teachers, schools, and neighborhood organizations are a key factor in school improvement. Yet few Chicago teachers have those connections. Read More \| (11) Comments
Roseland Children's Initiative kicks off May 17, 2011 By: Rebecca Harris With $2 million raised, a recent kick-off rally and a newly opened office, a Roseland project modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone is out of the starting gate. Read More \| (6) Comments	Study: Strong relationships help students feel safer May 09, 2011 Even in poor neighborhoods rife with crime, students who have strong relationships with adults inside schools tend to feel safer than those that don't, according to a new study to be officially released Tuesday by the Consortium on Chicago School Research. Read More \| (3) Comments
Catalyst headlines now featured on CAN TV May 09, 2011 Cable subscribers across Chicago can now tap into Catalyst by picking up their remote instead of their mouse. Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV) began featuring Catalyst’s Notebook blog on CAN TV27 this month, with immediate updates sent to cable television viewers as soon as Catalyst posts new stories. Read More \| (0) Comments	Youth murders up, money for school violence prevention in doubt January 28, 2011 By: Sarah Karp Last year the number of murders in Chicago declined by 5 percent, but more teenagers were killed. This happened at the same time Chicago Public Schools was implementing a $50 million two-year project designed to help keep its students safe outside of school. Read More \| (1) Comments
Study points to need for more after school programs October 20, 2010 A new study released Wednesday found more than a quarter of Chicago students are in after school activities, compared to just 15 percent nationwide. But of those students who are not, 30 percent spend their afternoons home alone. Read More \| (0) Comments

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