Nearly 41 years after the premier of Cooley High, we take a look back at CPS during the 60s and 70s, and the longstanding fight for educational equality.
Tag: Board of Education
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Alderman Joravsky considers voting for Mayor Rahm’s budget
If I were alderman, how would I have voted on the mayor’s budget?
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All aboard! Claypool transfers CTA pals to CPS
Rahm’s schools CEO is putting a new spin on an old Chicago budget trick.
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Rahm’s latest plan: Borrowing from the teachers to pay the teachers
The mayor pays off one debt by creating another one.
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Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School
Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy.
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In Chicago, charter schools remain untouchable
Aldermen kill a proposal to discuss school policies but find time to take on Eliot Ness.
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Rahm creates a process to endorse his plan for more charter schools
Rahm creates a process to endorse his plan for more charter schools.
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The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political ‘achievement’
The year in politics: Our third annual awards for political “achievement”
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The madness behind Mayor Emanuel’s methods
In pushing his agenda, Mayor Emanuel doesn’t let facts get in the way.
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School closings in Chicago—I ain’t over ’em yet!
Mayor Emanuel’s decision to close 50 schools only seems to get worse with time.
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If only the students at Lincoln Park High were on the school board
The students of Lincoln Park High are the role models that the Board of Education—and the City Council—should follow.
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People Issue 2012: Tony Bacon, the custodian
Chicago Public Schools employee: “The union guy told me, ‘Just be happy you got a job.'”
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Define “Redefinition”
Exemplary art teacher Sunny Neater-DuBow was fired without due process because CPS says her job has been redefined. So why is her exact job now posted as an opening?
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Do as We Say, Not as We Do
The Chicago Public Schools are broke. Teachers have been asked to share the pain. Coaches have been asked to work for free. Bigger class sizes have been threatened. So why are CEO Ron Huberman and other top bureaucrats taking raises?
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Off Track
Chicago Public Schools eliminates the already skimpy pay for assistant track coaches. We have some alternate suggestions.