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Posts in category "Events & Deadlines"

Strike Vote Pro / Con

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Today's education news include more about the big rally on Wednesday and the possibility of a strike vote being taken next month (which starts a week from today). Principal hirings are starting to trickle in -- got anyone new named at your school let us know. But it's hard to concentrate on anything other than the possibility of a strike vote, and comments this week have including an understandable mix of views pro and con about the strike vote and the possibility of a real strike... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Friday at 7:26 am
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CTU Rally Shows Strength, Desperation?

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Today’s education news is full of coverage of the CTU rally yesterday, plus some of the decisions made by the Board at its monthly meeting.  What to make of the rally?  I’m not sure. It obviously seemed to go off well, and the coverage was wall to wall. It was a big “get” for CTU... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Thursday at 8:49 am
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"Live" Coverage Of Board Meeting

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Here’s an embedded livestream of Twitter board coverage from today’s meeting — using the #cpsboard hashtag: Other options include following @ILRaiseYourHand, @Wbezeducation, @catalystchicago individually... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Wednesday at 10:17 am
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There Will Be Strike [Vote]

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Today is a Board meeting day and also the big CTU event but in the meantime education news is dominated by the coverage of the CTU press conference yesterday and the increasing possibility of a strike vote commencing next month.  (Either CPS is trying to make CTU look bad for voting on a strike in advance of the conclusion of negotiations or CPS is also scared that the vote will actually meet the legal requirements and give CTU leadership authority to call a strike.) There's also news from Washington that Chicago would be eligible for a small, district-level version of Race To The Top. Jesse Sharkey looks like a young Antonio Banderas here, doesn't he... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Wednesday at 7:44 am
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Wednesday CTU, Board Meetings

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Forget about NATO, it’s already old news. It’s the big CTU meetup on Wednesday that’s really important, right?  I guess so.  Details here. There’s also a Board meeting — agenda here. Note the proposed attendance zone changes to Shields and Brighton II in addition to the South Shore ICP / CVS / Bowen changes we... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Tuesday at 8:40 am
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CPS To Renew Food Vendor

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Some of today's big education news is the plan for CPS to renew with Chartwell as food vendor, as well as the planned 100 selective enrollment seats at South Shore ICP.  There's also a CTU press event later this morning and a WBEZ story about some of the amazing architecture found among CPS buildings. Tomorrow is a Board meeting day, don't forget, and also a big CTU gathering day.  Anything else?  Let us know in comments or shoot me an email.  ... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Tuesday at 7:54 am
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NATO, Newsweek

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Today’s news includes coverage of the NATO summit and related strikes, which include some labor and education issues, plus the entirely unsurprising news that Payton, Whitney Young (pictured), Northside, etc. are on the Newsweek list of top high schools.  Pretty much the same list as the US News list from a few weeks ago.  Lots... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Monday at 7:46 am
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Friday NATO Day

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Today’s news includes coverage of the NATO conference (CPS is staying open), North Chicago’s financial woes, and Eric Zorn’s complaints about school robo-calls. At bottom you’ll also find coverage of a study showing that 7.5 million kids are absent every day and that attendance averages hide chronic attendance problems focused on a handful of students. Yes... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 18, 2012 at 7:11 am
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NATO Nonsense

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Today’s news:  It’s NATO time, and that means protests and some school closings. Lowly student surveys turn out to be as good or better as the million–dollar observation rubrics that have been developed, so districts like CPS are going to start using them to help rate teachers.  Rahm’s poll results are out — not great... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 15, 2012 at 7:44 am
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Yah, Northside Prep

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Today’s news includes honors for Northside Prep, Monique Davis is off the hook, Bowman reflects.  I’m posting the Karen Lewis segment separately. Northside Prep named top IL high school Catalyst:  Northside College Prep is the top ranked Illinois school on the just-released U.S. News and World Report list of the best high schools in the country. In all... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 9, 2012 at 9:26 am
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