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The Chicago public school system, also known as CPS, includes 655 schools, 408,600 students and 44,417 employees, including 588 principals and more than 24,600 teachers. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States led by CEO Arne Duncan.
The Chicago public school system, also known as CPS, includes 655 schools, 408,600 students and 44,417 employees, including 588 principals and more than 24,600 teachers. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States led by CEO Arne Duncan.
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Three city schools to extend day by three hours
Three Baltimore schools have extended their school day by three hours, using a national program that has boosted achievement in other urban districts and has been hailed as a way to make American students competitive in the 21st century. Hilton...Tags: Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education, Students, Arne Duncan
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After school tutoring is highly effective
In a recent editorial ("Is tutoring effective?" Oct. 11), The Sun asserted that there was little oversight of organizations providing tutoring to low-income students trapped in failing schools. In the same way we need to hold schools to high standards, we...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Personal Income
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Manufacturing's woes drain its pool of workers
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterWhen Jason Baker landed a machine tool programming job seven years ago, he thought his career was set. The son of a toolmaker, Baker was 19 and already making good money using skills his father taught him as a youngster. Then a couple of years ago, B.A....Tags: Employees, Jason Baker, Glenview, Colleges and Universities, Death
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Alyson Hagy In conversation with Eric Banks and Susan Nusser, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room. Panelist, with Jonathan Evison, Larry Watson and Terese Svoboda, moderated by Steve Mills, 4 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor. Alyson...Tags: Wailin Wong, Time (magazine), Harold Washington Library Center, Teaching and Learning, Newspapers
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Pension reform opposition grows
— Efforts to develop a plan for comprehensive reform of public employee pensions hit a snag Monday as opposition intensified over a provision to shift retirement costs for suburban and Downstate teachers onto local school districts. House Speaker...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Democratic Party, Teaching and Learning, Elaine Nekritz, Teachers
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It's tricky keeping students in the swim of things
For Haleigh Callahan, school-provided suits for freshman swimming at Oak Park and River Forest High School have worn a little too thin. "It's awkward. You can really see everything through the faded fabric," said Haleigh, 15. "I'd rather bring my own...
Tags: High Schools, Schools, High School Sports, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Teachers march
I marched today along with more than 5,500 Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff because we are tired of being disrespected by people who are not educators. We, the educators, the people who work with students, work with parents and are invested in...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers
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New principal named in wake of testing problems
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsOak Park School District 97 appointed Sam LeDeaux as the new principal of Horace Mann Elementary, where the current principal is stepping down following allegations …... -
Thousands of teachers rally in Chicago
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel bore the brunt of criticism from angry teachers who filled the Auditorium Theatre on Wednesday to make clear their unhappiness with the administration's efforts to overhaul public education in Chicago. The crowd of nearly 4,000...Tags: Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Unions, Teaching and Learning, Democratic Party, Rahm Emanuel
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Problem Solver: Customer flunks Sallie Mae on student loan
You've heard the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished"? Cammie McDaniel might just be the poster child. For years, the Chicago Public Schools social worker urged friends to pursue higher education, so he was thrilled in 2005 when his ex-roommate was...
Tags: Jon Yates, Robert Morris, Human Mishaps
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Strike talk? Now?
On a recent visit to the Tribune editorial board, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis passed out a glossy 46-page booklet with many ideas about how to boost Chicago school performance, advance teachers' skills, and bring more parents into the mix...
Tags: Unions, Teaching and Learning, Strikes, Elections, Teachers
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School reform groups urge no strike for Chicago
Tribune reporterStand for Children, an Oregon-based education reform group that helped pass legislation last year that makes it harder for the Chicago Teachers Union to strike, today joined another reform-driven organization from out of town to urge the union and Chicago...Tags: Unions, Washington, DC, Democratic Party, Strikes
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