Tuesday Morning Education News

Daley calls violence summit Sun Times
Daley and about 15 to 20 others met Monday morning at Chicago Board of Education headquarters. City Hall kept it quiet because the mayor didn't want cameras, sources said.

Fenger kids tell why they fight Tribune
Sometimes the violence is race-related such as a brawl last year at Foreman High School on the Northwest Side. Sometimes it's gang-related such as rivalries at Crane High School on the West Side. And sometimes, like Fenger on the Far South Side, it's about neighborhoods -- the area by the school called the "Ville" and Altgeld Gardens several miles to the south.

Are Chicago Public School Policies to Blame? The Skanner
In September of 2005, CPS tried to mix Calumet and Chicago Vocational students just for a few days when the power went out at Chicago Vocational. On the first day there was one arrest and two students disciplined after a big fight broke out in the school cafeteria.

CPS should consider alternate school idea Sun Times (commentary)
In an interview with this page, schools CEO Ron Huberman rejected Stewart's idea, saying research done this year by CPS on troubled high schools points him in a different direction. Schools that successfully create what he calls a "culture of calm" do so by dealing with difficult students in-house, he said.

All-male schools a solution Dennis Byrne (commentary)
Boys must learn from other men how to control their natural assertiveness, aggression or whatever you want to call it. Sorry, women can't do it alone.

Police search for girl with bipolar disorder Tribune
Chicago police issued a community alert this morning for a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder who has been missing since Sept.25.