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State bans new online charter schools for 1 year
Illinois has put a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago at the urging of a handful of west suburban school districts. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the legislation Friday. It also directs a state commission to study issues such...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Credit and Debt, Linda Chapa LaVia, Pat Quinn, Students
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Karen Lewis, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Health and Safety at School
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation. The...Tags: Karen Lewis, Plant Closings, Teaching and Learning, Robin Williams, Chicago Teachers Union
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Karen Lewis, Teaching and Learning, Chicago City Hall, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union
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Girls' running program makes having fun no sweat
There's a time for serious conversation and a time for silliness. And there's always time for running. For 6,700 girls at 287 sites in the Chicago area, Girls on the Run is where it all happens. It's the place to weigh in on heavy stuff, but also do the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Running, Road Running
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One vote, many lives
The Chicago City Council will vote on many items Wednesday. None likely will be more important than the zoning change on tap for the property at 2245 W. Pershing Road. That is where Concept Schools, a top-quality charter operator, wants to open the...
Tags: Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union, McKinley Park, Chicago City Council
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Kirk makes first public appearance in Illinois since stroke
During his first official public appearance in Illinois since he suffered a major stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk on Friday announced that "rehab works" and said he hopes his steady improvement serves to encourage others with medical challenges. Kirk took...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Teaching and Learning, North Chicago, Brad Schneider, Health and Safety at School
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Kirk at 1st public appearance in Ill. since stroke: 'Rehab works'
Tribune reporterMaking what was billed as his first official public appearance in Illinois since he suffered a major stroke, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., took questions from the press at a charter school at Naval Station Great Lakes outside North Chicago this afternoon...Tags: Teaching and Learning, North Chicago, Brad Schneider, Health and Safety at School, Mark Kirk
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Mom of 10-year-old shot in Austin: 'I hope the world gets better'
Jaylen Price lay in a hospital bed Thursday, a bullet lodged in his body and doctors not sure yet whether they will operate on the 10-year-old to remove it. But that's not what has been on the fourth-grader's mind. "He's not talking about it. He's 10,"...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Hospitals and Clinics, Gun Control
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Every day is Earth Day for Sarah Elizabeth Ippel
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel's eyes lit up as she peered into the chicken coop at the edge of her school's playground. "There are a few in there," Ippel, 31, said, pointing to several eggs recently laid by the three resident chickens. "Whoever finds them first...
Tags: Garfield Ridge, Teaching and Learning, G8, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Charter Schools
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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
Teachers at UNO charters vote to unionize
Teachers at schools run by the United Neighborhood Organization, one of the largest charter networks in the city, voted Wednesday to unionize. Teachers at privately run, publicly funded charter schools in Chicago have never been part of the Chicago...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Chicago Teachers Union, Charter Schools, American Federation of Teachers
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