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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: Jay Carney, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Elections, Career and Workplace
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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: Millennium Park, Chicago Weather, Shedd Aquarium, 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, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Charter Schools
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McDonald's sued for paying Pa. employees with fee-carrying debit cards
She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald's franchisee gave her an unhappy deal. The Shavertown McDonald's forces workers to be paid only one way: with a payroll debit card...
Tags: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Trials, Science and Technology, Laws, Electronics
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CPS details staff cuts from closing of schools
Tribune staff reporterChicago Public Schools said Friday that 663 employees at schools the district is closing, including teachers, teaching assistants and bus aides, don't qualify to follow students to their new schools and will be laid off. The total includes 420 teachers,...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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Voice of the People, Jun. 15
Gay marriage As our legislators in Illinois struggle with gay marriage laws, I would like to offer some insights about gay people that may help to expedite the process. I am not gay, but the following are statements I firmly believe to be true: •...Tags: Prisons, Pension and Welfare, Mark Kirk, Social Security, Dick Durbin
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Wendy Paulson, birder and conservationist
It takes a trained ear to know the call of the grasshopper sparrow. Or a bobolink. Or even a meadowlark. For Wendy Paulson, standing in the grasslands of North Barrington and focusing her telescope on a rare savannah sparrow for all to see, it brings...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Endangered Species, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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CPS announces teacher layoffs; union braces for more
The Chicago Teachers Union knew school closings were going to be a blow for its membership, and it's starting to learn how big the hit could be. The announcement by Chicago Public Schools on Friday that 420 teachers, more than a third of them with...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Chicago Teachers Union, Job Layoffs, Budgets and Budgeting
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Chicago Public Schools issues 5-year plan
An annual scorecard on the district's performance and greater accountability throughout the system are some of the promises outlined in the first long-term plan for Chicago Public Schools issued since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office. Schools CEO...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Strike, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel
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Annual report card for parents part of new CPS education plan
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools unveiled a five-year education plan on Monday that promises an annual report card to provide parents with information on the academic performance of schools and show how many principals and teachers are rated as high performers....Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Report Cards
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Editorial: Parents have to be involved in their kids education
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett sought to swivel the spotlight this week away from the 49 underused Chicago schools that will close soon and back on the 632 that will not. Byrd-Bennett unveiled a five-year "action plan" to help kids...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Teachers
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Voice of the People, Jun. 11
Pets and summer As the warm summer months approach, this is a reminder and a plea to all dog owners to keep pets indoors as the temperatures rise. Many breeds of dogs cannot tolerate extreme heat. Some breeds, like my pug, have limited breathing capacity...Tags: Schools, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Riverside (Southampton, New York), Abortion, Public Schools
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