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In the News: CPS lax in filing emergency plan reports 27 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Chicago Public Schools officials have failed to file a single report on the district’s emergency action plans in the six years they've been required, the Illinois State Board of Education told NBC5 In...
First day brings questions of safety, academics, resources 27 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am
As 12,000 students from closed schools made their way to new buildings Monday morning, much of the focus was on whether they would be safe. In addition to Safe Passage workers, police officers walked ...
In the News: Safety first on Day 1 for CPS 26 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
The Chicago Tribune is offering continual coverage throughout the day as 403,000 Chicago public school students return to classes after unprecedented school closings and stepped up efforts to keep chi...
In the News: CPS principal bonuses top $1.1 million 23 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
Despite having to spend their summer distributing pink slips and cutting back art and music programs, 134 CPS principals on Thursday received bonuses—ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 apiece—doled out b...
Comings & Goings: Travis, Allensworth 22 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Jay Travis, a program officer at the Woods Fund of Chicago, has resigned. Before her stint at the Woods Fund, Travis was executive director of the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO). Caro...
In the News: Film to document aftermath of CPS' closings 21 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
In an unprecedented collaboration, filmmakers from documentary powerhouses Kartemquin Films, Media Process Group, Siskel/Jacobs Productions, and The Kindling Group are documenting the aftermath of the...
Schools win cash to implement innovative ideas 21 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
The Chicago Public Education Fund announced Tuesday that five schools will receive as much as $10,000 to seed projects that teams of principals and teachers came up with over the summer. The Chicago....
In the News: 5 shot along a CPS' Safe Passage route 20 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
Police say five men between the ages of 21 and 58 were shot Monday evening along a Safe Passage route mapped by Chicago Public Schools for the coming year. MANAGING TEACHER EXPECTATIONS: A new study ...
In the News: Evanston's schools chief abruptly resigns 19 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
After a rocky 13-year reign as Evanston's elementary school district superintendent, Hardy Murphy abruptly resigned two weeks before the start of classes, leaving stunned supporters and detractors wit...
Parent group decries demolition of Whittier field house 18 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
CPS’ sudden demolition of a small, one-story Pilsen community center and library has left a group of mothers stunned and demanding the district rebuild something nicer. In 2010, the group staged a 43...
