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What should public education be? 21 Aug 2013 | 08:27 am
Well, as we wind down the final days of summer (that was ridiculously short, no?) let’s move to a high level discussion about education and education in Chicago, before we get back to the nitty gritty...
Reinvestment Schools 14 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
This is the program I mentioned that will be targeting schools like Manierre It sounds like a combo of special Professional Development and working with the LSC/parents. It sounds like a good idea, ...
2013 ISAT Top Schools (with Common Core Standards) 3 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
I was curious about how UNO schools perform versus general Hispanic students in CPS given the recent news about the school. As with charters as a whole, “it depends” whether you end up at an UNO cha...
CPS Laying off 2,000+ (Trib Article) 19 Jul 2013 | 10:25 pm
Well, it’s a sad day for many staff members affected by school closings. Sad especially because these people taught in areas where families were leaving the neighborhoods because they we’re necessari...
CPS Principal publicly calls attention to girls wearing short shorts 10 Jul 2013 | 12:52 am
A top selling short at Target.com Well, here’s an interesting story that someone emailed me early this morning. I have to say when I clicked on the link I was surprised to see that Decatur was the s...
2013 SEHS Application and Acceptance Rates 5 Jul 2013 | 03:45 am
Sorry it took me so long to run these numbers. I’m finally having a true lazy weekend (and am using it for fun stuff like this as well as tackling the final storage locker frontier from my move a yea...
Update on the Budget Cuts – Eric Zorn speaks out 4 Jul 2013 | 06:18 am
Well, at least it’s sunny there… This is long post because there’s a CPS info sheet at the end. I think we’ve discussed many of these points, but it’s interesting to see how the budget issue is heat...
Reader Article on Chicago School Segregation 16 Jun 2013 | 09:49 pm
The Reader has a fascinating article about the history of segregation and desegregation in the city that is fully interesting history and information. the link is below if you want to read it. I hig...
Per-Pupil Funding: Coming Soon to a School Near You 8 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
I’ve been hearing for a while, since JCB was new that CPS would switch to a different method of funding that would give principal much more autonomy and flexibility. IN the current/old system, money ...
Tier Admissions for SEHS 2013/4 School Year 3 Jun 2013 | 04:45 pm
Here is a breakout of the Tier admissions for the upcoming school year. I’ll comment later, but wanted to get this posted…
