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Tag Archives: Sarah Karp
CN May 15, 2014
Blaine Elementary’s principal Troy LaVierre made a grand entrance onto the education/political scene in Chicago this past weekend with his letter to the editor at the Sun-Times in which he gave voice to the frustration so many CPS principals … Continue reading
CN Feb 20, 2014
More than a thousand full-time tenured and non-tenured faculty members staged a 2-day strike at UIC this week to demand salary increases and other workplace improvements. Although the issues seemed to play well in the media, DNAInfo Chicago’s Ted Cox … Continue reading
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 July 11, 2013
What if Springfield had passed comprehensive pension reform? How would that have affected the Chicago Public Schools this year? Would it have restored toilet paper to Von Steuben’s operating budget? That’s actually a serious question, because in the past few … Continue reading
CN March 28, 2013
This week brought us the imagery of a large-scale rally in the Daley Center in opposition to Mayor Emanuel’s proposed closing of more the 50 elementary schools. When the Mayor returned from vacation, he announced that the time for debate … Continue reading
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 August 2, 2012
How, we ask Catalyst Chicago’s Sarah Karp, will this compromise between the CPS and the CTU work? How will adding, on average, one teacher to each school reach the goal of a longer school day yet not require elementary teachers … Continue reading
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