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In the News: Stand for Children seizes an opening April 18, 2013 By: Cassandra West 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. Read More \| (0) Comments	It's time to change the statistics on education October 15, 2012 By: Lisa Kulisek & Cheyney Wortham We all know the statistics. By the age of 25, just 6% of students who enter CPS high schools as freshmen will have a bachelors’ degree. For African-American and Latino students, that number drops to just 3% who will hold a four-year degree. This is a systemic problem that starts at birth, but is exacerbated by inequities in a school system. There is a 28-point gap between the percentage of Caucasian and African-American students who meet and exceed reading standards in 3rd grade. In 11th grade, the gap is 40 points. Read More \| (164) Comments
In the News: Reform groups target parents June 18, 2012 By: Cassandra West New Schools for Chicago, which funds charter schools, and Stand For Children, an Oregon-based group that recently opened offices in Chicago, have been conducting parent training workshops this spring. Read More \| (4) Comments	In the News: More cash for schools with longer day January 12, 2012 By: Cassandra West Up to 30 Chicago public schools with great ideas about how to use a longer school day this fall will receive an extra $100,000 per school under a new, privately-funded “innovation grant’’ competition announced Wednesday. (Sun-Times) Read More \| (0) Comments
Stand for Children launches campaign on school turnarounds January 11, 2012 By: Candelaria Rosales and Sarah Karp After scoring a legislative win with a recently-enacted state law limiting teacher tenure and strike rights, the well-heeled education advocacy group Stand for Children is turning its attention to issues specific to Chicago—including school turnarounds. Read More \| (13) Comments	In the News: No charters on closing list December 05, 2011 By: Cassandra West While the state last week released detailed performance data for city charter schools for the first time, revealing that many schools from even the most prominent charter networks struggle to close the achievement gap for low-income students, not a single charter school made the schools closing list announced by CPS officials. (Tribune) Read More \| (0) Comments

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