City Room - Education

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Montessori Backers Say CPS's New Schools Aren't That New

Innovation is left out, parents allege.

Posted on 11.6.2009 by Linda Lutton

Chicago To Add Six New Renaissance 2010 Schools

If the Board approves the proposal, three schools will open next fall; three others in 2011.

Posted on 11.4.2009 by Linda Lutton

CPS, Charter School Vie for Notre Dame

At a community meeting packed with UNO charter school parents, UNO says CPS should back off its bid to buy the former Catholic high school.

Posted on 11.4.2009 by Linda Lutton

Illinois Test Scores: Cal City School Beats the Odds

Many miss the mark, but Lincoln makes progress despite special ed challenges and a growing low-income population.

Posted on 10.30.2009 by Linda Lutton

Illinois Releases School Test Data

Statewide, 1,553 schools failed to make adequate progress this year under the law, up from 1,200 last year.

Posted on 10.30.2009 by Linda Lutton

Unfiltered: Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting, October 28, 2009

October 28, 2009, 125 S. Clark

Posted on 10.28.2009 by Linda Lutton

Parents, Activists Say Renaissance 2010 Exacerbates Youth Violence

Mayor Daley's plan to create 100 new schools is shifting students across gang lines.

Posted on 10.28.2009 by Linda Lutton

Rogers Park Residents to Vote on Ward Budget

Ald. Joe Moore's constituents are being asked to pick which projects the ward builds first.

Posted on 10.28.2009 by City Room

Former U of I Chancellor Up for New Position

The former chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus is a finalist at New Mexico State University.

Posted on 10.28.2009 by Tony Arnold

Report: CPS School Closings Neither Help Nor Hurt Learning

Consortium on Chicago School Research looks at academic performance of kids who've been displaced by closings.

Posted on 10.28.2009 by Linda Lutton

U of Illinois Trustees OK Chancellor Resignation

University of Illinois trustees have approved agreements for top officials in an admissions scandal to resign. The deals aren’t going over well with some Chicago campus unions.

Posted on 10.23.2009 by Chip Mitchell

Group Urges Altgeld Parents: Boycott Fenger

A community group at Altgeld Gardens is telling parents to keep kids out of Fenger High School next Monday and Tuesday

Posted on 10.23.2009 by Linda Lutton

U of I Spokesman: 'We've Turned the Page'

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Richard Herman has turned in his resignation.

Posted on 10.21.2009 by Tony Arnold

University of Illinois Chancellor Resigns

The head of the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois announced his resignation today.

Posted on 10.20.2009 by City Room and the Associated Press

Northwestern Students' Grades, Email Subpoenaed

Cook County state's attorney Anita Alvarez says student journalists are not protected by the Illinois Reporter's Privilege Act - and that their grades and personal correspondence are pertinent in what may be the Innocence Project's 12th wrongful conviction case.

Posted on 10.19.2009 by Kate Gardiner

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