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New CPS admissions policy blasted as racist

Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 4 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Staff Reporters A new admissions policy for elite Chicago public schools is little more than a plot to free up seats for middle-class white families tired of paying private school tuition, black aldermen charged Monday. The new policy followed a federal...

Tags: Chicago School Board, Chicago Public School, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Education, Social Issues, University-preparatory school, Private school, Magnet school, Inheritance

A Chicago school aims to lengthen day

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Parents at Chicago's Disney II Magnet school are trying to raise $100,000 just to keep their children in class an extra hour each day, officials said. Chicago public schools have some of the shortest days in the nation -- 5 hours 8 minutes of instruction...

Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago, Education, United Press International, DuPage County Illinois, Business Finance, Magnet school, Cook County Illinois

Schools chief will seek to help fight violence

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Chicago's corporate and civic leaders don't seem to have anything to build at the moment...Ron Huberman , CEO of the cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools , has been laying the groundwork for months for an unparalleled effort to stop the city's teens...

Tags: Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Baltimore, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Huberman

Chicago News Cooperative: To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money

New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

After raising $35,000 for gym mats, musical instruments and other extras last year, parents at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago now face a more daunting price tag — $100,000 — to keep their children in class an extra hour each day. The city’s public...

Tags: University of Chicago, public schools, magnet schools, New York City, Chicago Public Schools, Education, Education in South Korea, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Magnet school

CPS investigating school board members' expense accounts

Illinois :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Chicago Board of Education disclosed today it will hire a former federal prosecutor to investigate how members use their taxpayer-financed expense accounts, prompted by Tribune inquiries into spending by board president Michael Scott, who committed suicide...

Tags: Tribune, Michael Scott (The Office), Mr. Scott, board members, Clare Munana, Richard Daley, expense accounts, Illinois, Business Finance, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Public Schools

A decade after Decatur fracas, racial gap in school discipline widens

Springfield :: MO :: USA | 8 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

In 2003-04, the state stopped collecting figures on suspensions lasting 11 or more days. In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six black students in Decatur, the state's racial gap in discipline has split wide open. It's such a gaping...

Tags: Latino Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, Illinois Education Association, minority students, racial gap, black students, Esther Golar, white suspensions, Jeffrey Jordan, Springfield, School punishment, Chicago Public Schools, Race and intelligence controversy, Civil rights movement, Employment, Punishments, Suspension, Education, Social Issues

$1M youth anti-violence program in Chicago

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 11 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The University of Chicago opened a $1 million anti-violence program for Chicago's public schools that it will methodically assess to see if it's cost effective. The Becoming a Man-Sports Edition program seeks to help 550 teenage boys curb their impulse...

Tags: Chicago Public Schools, World Sports Chicago, University of Chicago, Jens Ludwig, Chicago, Olympic Games, Cook County Illinois, DuPage County Illinois, allnews

Chicago schools get new tool in fight against youth violence

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 13 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Two Chicago nonprofits, together with the University of Chicago, unveiled a counseling and sports program Wednesday aimed at stemming chronic youth violence in Chicago's public schools. The problem is long-standing, but it received international attention...

Tags: University of Chicago, Chicago Public School, public schools, Chicago, Education, Chicago Public Schools, School counselor, Schools

Judge: CPS must discuss transfer options with Fenger students

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 14 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Fenger High School students who want to change schools because they feel unsafe following the beating death of a student. Ten Fenger students filed a lawsuit against the school system last week alleging that their right to a public education is being...

Tags: Chicago Public Schools, federal judge, beating death, Judge Robert Gettleman, Chicago, Robert William Gettleman, Derrion Albert, Year of birth unknown, John Peter Altgeld, Education, Law Crime, Altgeld Gardens Chicago

Shaken friends, colleagues offer comfort to family suffering 'unimaginable grief'

Chicago :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Staff Reporter/modonnell@suntimes.com Some of Chicago's most powerful people crumpled with disbelief and pain Monday upon hearing the Cook County medical examiner's ruling that School Board President Michael Scott died at his own hand...An ashen Mayor...

Tags: Chicago Board of Education, Chicago River, Chicago School Board, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Police, Michael Scott (The Office), Chicago Fire Department, chicago boards, chicago schools, Chicago, DePaul University alumni, Chicago Transit Authority, Ron Huberman, Richard Daley, Harold Washington, Freddrenna Lyle, Renaissance, Year of birth missing, Illinois State Senators, Jane Byrne, Toni Preckwinkle, DuPage County Illinois, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Cook County Illinois, Security, Surveillance, Closed-circuit television, Law enforcement, National security, Chicago Police Department, Ricardo Muￃﾱoz, Todd Stroger, Education

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