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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, Weather Warnings, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Weather, Chicago Public Schools
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After vote, school closings plan must race clock
Chicago Public Schools has just three months to oversee Mayor Rahm Emanuel's massive school closing plan, a process laden with logistical challenges that could prove every bit as difficult for the system as the months leading up to last week's vote. Here...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers, Students
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Penny Pritzker resigns from the Chicago school board
Billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Pritzker declined to provide a reason for the resignation. Pritzker is being vetted as a potential candidate for U.S. Commerce...
Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Chicago Teachers Union, Unions, Finance, John Kerry
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CPS chief forcing coaches to set better example
Barbara Byrd-Bennett still remembers how often her daughter, Nailah, quoted coaches of every sport growing up in New York. Nowadays, Byrd-Bennett frequently hears similar reverence repeated from her twin grandsons, who just started playing football....
Tags: Sports, Chicago State University, Basketball, Chicago Mayor, High School Sports
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Aug 31: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Do you think CPS CEO Jean Claude Brizard should lose his job over the CTU negotiations? Yes: 49% No: 51% MIDDAY NEWS POLL: Do you think CPS CEO Jean Claude Brizard should lose his job over the CTU negotiations? Yes: 62% No: 38%...Tags: Elections, Politics
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How about spending this TV ad money on schools instead of spin?
Change of SubjectHe plays politics like the Hanson Brothers played hockey... Rich Miller on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel The context here is the anti-union group Education Reform Now's reported $1 million TV ad buy in which Emanuel is seen doing a bit...... -
Whassamatter? Rahm got your tongue?
Change of SubjectThe passage below from today's story, Cleveland's charter school growth a cautionary tale for Chicago, is reminiscent of how Jean-Claude Brizard was told to stand mute during the news conference that announced his ill-fated appointment as Chicago... -
Emanuel has open door for corporate execs, record shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened the door to his City Hall office for a steady stream of investment bankers, venture capitalists and international consultants in his intense search for private solutions to some of Chicago's biggest public problems. From...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Government, Privatization, Politics, Chicago Public Schools
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Emanuel names new CPS CEO after Brizard's exit
After spending a year-and-a-half in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's choice for CPS CEO is out. Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard resigned yesterday. Jean-Claude Brizard was allowed to resign, in what he and the mayor's office called a mutual...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Corporate Officers, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools
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Departing Brizard to get full year's salary
Clout StreetDeparting Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard will get a full year's salary as part of his severance package, district officials said today. The school board gave Brizard a two-year contract at $250,000 a year when it hired him in April 2011....Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel
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Statement from Jean-Claude Brizard
In my 26 year career in education, I have had many different roles with one commitment -- the success of students. As an educator, I knew for students to be successful here in Chicago we needed to refocus the District to work on the fundamentals of...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Oct 12, 2012
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