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Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday said Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that President Barack Obama is rooting for the striking educators. Obama's top spokesman said the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Education, Politics
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Midwest can't get any relief from oppressive heat
DETROIT (AP) — When the air conditioner stopped in Ashley Jackson's Southfield, Mich., home, so too did normal conversations and nightly rest. "Inside the house it was 91 degrees. ... I wasn't talking to anybody. Nobody was talking to anybody,"...
Tags: Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Weather, Millennium Park, Jean-Claude Brizard, Weather Warnings
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All of Ill. school's seniors are college bound
CHICAGO (AP) — A unique Chicago charter school has accomplished an uncommon feat for the second year in a row. Every member of Urban Prep's senior class has been accepted into a four-year college or university. The school's first senior class...Tags: Charter Schools, Richard M. Daley, High School Sports, Chicago Charter Schools, Education
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Teaching and Learning, Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Weather, Natural Disasters
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Our responsibility to Chicago's youngest generation
Every elected official loves nothing more than to open a new school, a new library or a new park. But the demands of elected office require doing more than what we "like" doing. The oath that we take to serve residents and build a better future for our...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Mathematics, Colleges and Universities, Students, Chicago Mayor
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St. Charles District 303 approves new contract, pay raises for teachers
After a period where salaries were frozen, St. Charles District 303 teachers have a new, three-year contract, complete with pay raises. The school board approved the contract Monday night after four months of negotiations. Teachers already had signed...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Mental Health
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Chicago-area public pension funding gap rises 16.7 pct in 2011 -report
ReutersCHICAGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from fiscal 2010, heightening the risk of tax increases or service cuts for residents, a report by a civic...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Finance, Chicago Park District, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Chicago-area pension funding gap jumps to $32 billion: report
ReutersThe Chicago-based Civic Federation said Tuesday the funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from the year, warning of service cuts or tax hikes to bridge the gap. The civic watchdog...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Finance, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Park District, Interior Policy
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School closings worst for students with special needs
On May 22, the Chicago School Board will decide whether to approve one of the largest mass school closings in U.S. history. The impacts will be felt in different ways by the more than 46,000 mostly black students who’ll be affected. But the action...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Some school closings make no sense
Some of the proposed school closings make no sense, especially those involving buildings renovated to accomodate students with disabilities (“CPS documents raise questions about closings,” News, May 17). I had given Mayor Rahm Emanuel the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Rahm Emanuel, Students, Chicago Mayor
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Summer vacation time not equal across Chicagoland
While many of her friends are stuck in school into June, Wauconda eighth-grader Alexandra Hayden plans to take advantage of her district's early summer break to beat the crowds at Six Flags Great America. "I'm going to party," said Alexandra, who is...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Six Flags Great America, Memorial Day, Chicago Teachers Strike, Students
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Protesters: Route to new school a 'danger zone'
Tribune reporterBeads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown’s face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered on Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Kenwood, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Teachers Union, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois)
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