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Tag Archives: CPS
CN Oct. 10, 2013
George Schmidt has taught in seventeen of Chicago’s traditional neighborhood high schools. He founded and still writes for Substance News, which has needled CPS for over 30 years. He has a strong reaction to this week’s news (reported by Sarah … Continue reading
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Tagged Amundsen High School, CPS, CPS budget, Disney 2, George Schmidt, Hirsch HighSchool, Jones College Prep, Kelvyn Park High School, King College Pep, Linda Lutton, Lindbloom College Prep, North Side College Prep, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Karp, Schurz High School, Walter Payton College Prep
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CN Sep 12, 2013
So why do we keep talking about eradicating the “billion dollar deficit” at CPS by taking away benefits from teachers? Why can’t we lay the blame with Mayor Daley, Paul Vallas and the complicit legislators who allowed tax levies specifically … Continue reading
CN August 15, 2013
Driven along South Kedzie or West Foster lately? How fast were you going? Mayor Emanuel’s speed cameras already know, and they could be mailing you $100 speeding tickets very soon. And if it was a school you sped by, between … Continue reading
CN May 9, 2013
Would you like to see first-hand why the issue of charter schools in Chicago is so contentious? A proud charter school mom says she wants fully equal funding for charters – dollar for dollar – the same as traditional public … Continue reading
CN Dec. 27, 2012
In our final show for 2012, we sit down with labor historian Bob Bruno of the University of Illinois. It’s been a tumultuous year for organized labor in Chicago, in Illinois and in the nation as a whole. We began … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Bruno, CPS, CTU, labor history, O'Hare janitors, privatization, Rahm Emanuel, University of Illinois
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CN December 6, 2012
Jesse Ruiz was appointed Vice President of the Chicago School Board when Mayor Emanuel took office. Two years and one teachers’ strike later, his Board is facing a budget shortfall of nearly a billion dollars, stubbornly intransigent academic improvement, and … Continue reading
CN Sep 20, 2012
If you were following the CTU strike, you might have been dismayed by the union’s failure to suspend the strike last Sunday night. Some in the media, including columnists and editorialists who had been largely favorable, started to peel away, … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, charter schools, CPS, CPS budget, CPS principals, CTU, current-events, education, House of Delegates, Karen Lewis, Lorraine Forte, politics, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Karp, school closings, Steven Ashby, strike setlement, teacher evaluations, three year contract, UIC
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CN September 6, 2012
We’re days away from a possible teachers’ strike in Chicago, but Kate Grossman, Deputy Editor of the Sun-Times Editorial page, remains optimistic that a strike will be averted at the last minute. “A fair contract is still doable without a … Continue reading
CN August 23, 2012
“Two weeks ago I did a community education forum in Rogers Park”, says Matt Farmer, who blogs for Huffington Post and is active with the CTU, “and an audience member asked each of us the question whether or not there … Continue reading
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Tagged Achy Obejas, AUSL, Collins High School, CPS, CTU, Dyett, Matt Farmer, Paul Ryan, Phillips High School, teachers strike
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