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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Ken Griffin, Pat Quinn, Mutual Funds, Republican Party, Executive Branch
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Hearing set in lawsuits over Chicago Public Schools closings
Tribune reporterA day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut down 50 schools, a federal judge today scheduled a four-day hearing in July to decide whether to halt the closures. The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee is likely to include...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Separation of Church and State, Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Gang Activity, Budgets and Budgeting, Washington, DC, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Students, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), University of Chicago, Francis Scott Key, Karen Lewis
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Plant Closings, Elections, Washington, DC, Teachers, Robin Williams
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Open thread: The weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
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: Tornadoes, Students, Teachers, Natural Disasters, Teaching and Learning
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3 days of marches against school closings planned
With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...
Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Elections, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Dim view on Emanuel education policy, Tribune poll finds
Chicago voters hold a dim view of Rahm Emanuel's stewardship of public education after a tumultuous year that featured a teachers strike and the mayor's push to close many neighborhood elementary schools, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows....
Tags: Elections, Jean-Claude Brizard, Teachers, Academic Progress, Economy, Business and Finance
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Stylish MCA celebration; Pride Parade rolls out 42nd
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated 15 years of performances on the MCA stage with its benefit, "remixed/reimagined." The evening began with an outdoor reception on the front plaza that included food from some of Chicago's food trucks, plus mini...Tags: Pat Quinn, Arts and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Mayor
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Politics, Unions, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall, Career and Workplace
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Students, Elections, Hearing Impairment, Willie Cochran, University of Chicago
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