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Posts in category "Campaigns & Clout"

Mixed Feelings About Lightford

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The guy at School Tech Connect has a couple of posts about Senator Lightford and some video illustrating his (and many others’) mixed feelings about the legislator who was central to the enactment of SB7. In the first post (Meanwhile, Down In Springfield) he admires Lightford (and Steans, who follows) for fighting for a restoration... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Friday at 7:39 am
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Meet The "PRI"

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A day later we know a little -- but not much -- more about the big 100-school CPS initiative that was revealed in the Tribune yesterday thanks to some materials that have been shared with me on background.  How does it work?  Will it work?  Here are some of the few things I can tell you... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 18, 2012 at 7:25 am
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Arne Duncan & Gay Marriage

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I am perhaps alone in believing that Arne Duncan’s candid admission that he agreed same sex marriage should be legal contributed to President Obama’s decision to announce his support publicly last week.  Pretty much everyone else credits Joe Biden, who came out in support of gay marriage the day before. I am also perhaps alone... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 15, 2012 at 10:25 am
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CPS Debunks Union Claims

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Today’s news includes a concerted pushback from CPS against some of the details and claims coming out of CTU regarding its proposals, plus an update on the new student verification process that has some people scratching their heads and a post-trial debrief with Hudson jury foreman Robert Smith, a CPS bus aide. Imaga via WBEZ... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 14, 2012 at 7:53 am
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Steans, Steans, & Biss

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Corrected:  Today’s education news?  There’s not much of it.  Budgets, pensions, scholarships, some events.  The best thing I could find to share was citizen journalist Tim Furman’s account of covering an Andersonville campaign fundraiser for soon-to-be-senator Daniel BISS  (pictured). A self described suburban school tech specialist, Furman blogs at the wildly misnamed School Tech Connect... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 7, 2012 at 7:20 am
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Contract, REACH, G-Mail, YouTube

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Straight from the horse’s mouth:  CPS has a new collective bargaining info page, teacher evaluation info page (which it’s calling REACH), and Google@CPS info page (about the email transition). There’s also this new YouTube channel with this video town hall with JCB and CPS communications staffer/ interviewer Alex Sobol where JCB  talks about the extended day rollout... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 6, 2012 at 1:22 pm
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Emanuel & The School Reformers

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The Mayor was in San Francisco yesterday for a reform conference called the NewSchools Venture Fund education summit (and for an Obama fundraiser, too, I’m told).  He closed the event with a speech and a bit of Q and A with Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs. There was no big announcement... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 3, 2012 at 9:44 am
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Big Cuts Proposed For CPS

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Proposed budget cuts are the big education news story of the day.  Check out coverage from the Tribune, Sun Times, and … more to come: CPS officials want to spend less money on building improvements Sun Times:   Officials of the deficit-ridden Chicago Public Schools Wednesday released plans to spend $110 million on building improvements next school... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 3, 2012 at 8:57 am
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Plans For Charterizing CPS

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While rumors swirl about further changes at CPS, the most concrete tidbits out there seem to be a City Hall plan to close and sell off Chicago school buildings and create a slew of new charter schools so that Chicago has the 25-35 percent charter percentage that some other cities (DC, New Orleans) have already... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 2, 2012 at 8:47 am
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Daley Slams Longer Day

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Hoping to regain footing with a quick replacement of Donoso, CPS and City Hall instead are getting slammed by former Mayor Daley on the school length of day issue.  Guess he was sick of being reminded that his CTU contracts were so wimpy. DALEY STRIKES BACK Daley: Longer school day isn’t the answer Sun Times:   Lengthening... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 1, 2012 at 7:46 am
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