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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: Separation of Church and State, Proco Joe Moreno, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis
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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...... -
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: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Teachers, Karen Lewis
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School closings tough, but necessary
Despite the protests and political posturing, the simple truth remains: The city is broke. And given Chicago’s population decline, some schools are empty. The Chicago Teachers Union responds that it wants no schools closed. Period. That’... -
CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
Tribune reporterAbout 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, kicked off at 10 a.m. at Jesse Owens...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Teachers, Schools
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Career and Workplace, Separation of Church and State, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago Teachers Union re-elects Karen Lewis
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial figure who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel by leading a seven-day strike last fall, was easily re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, according to unofficial results released by the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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CPS documents raise questions about closings
Making the case to close Ericson Academy on the West Side, Chicago Public Schools officials stressed that it would cost $9.6 million to fix the 51-year-old building. What they didn't point out in materials provided to parents was that they planned to...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, House Building, Wicker Park
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Lawuits say school closings unfair,discriminate against blacks
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy. The...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Learning Disability, Teaching and Learning, Laws, Trials
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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: Jean-Claude Brizard, Polls, Teaching and Learning, Economy, Business and Finance, Family
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
Penny Pritzker nominated for Commerce secretary
Tribune staffChicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Chicago Hotels, Finance, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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