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CPS on Thursday announced that it will join five of the largest U.S. school districts to build a coalition to drive down food service costs and increase quality and healthiness. New York City, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade, Dallas and Orlando, Fla., are the other districts joining the Urban School Food Alliance.

A growing number of principal-preparation initiatives are forsaking university classrooms in favor of much more familiar training grounds: the schools and districts where those aspiring leaders will end up working, according to Education Week.

 During Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s announcement of performance bonuses for principals at 82 schools, he touted the broad diversity of schools represented as proof that, with good teachers, good principals, and involved parents, all children can learn.

“If you have these three things, every kid regardless of who they are, where they’re from and their background, can succeed in our schools,” Emanuel said.