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Posts in category "Jobs (Real & Imaginary)"

CPS Refutes Hiring Spree Claim

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Every Friday, Seth Lavin rehashes lots of things you've already seen or heard about here during the week but he also comes up with some items that are new or original.  Here, for example, is a response Lavin got from Becky Carroll about the issue of whether CPS's communications staff is much larger than it used to be, as well as a few other tidbits.  Or, just enjoy the Alien Spelling Bee.  ... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
Monday at 1:14 pm
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The Very Public Execution Of Marc Wigler

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Today’s news is a hodge-podge of this and that, but the story that grabs my attention is the expulsion of Marc Wigler from CTU. First off, I want a copy of the 15,000 CPS emails that CTU got via FOIA — Jesse, you know my email. Second, I want to know the backstory here —... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 16, 2012 at 7:46 am
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Principals To The Exits (So What?)

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Lots of commenters want to talk about retiring principals, so let’s do that. Estimates range from 100 on upwards, which is certainly a lot of principals.  APs, too.  But I’m not sure I care unless they’re good ones. There’s no shortage of folks who want to be principals.  Maybe the new crop will be just... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
May 8, 2012 at 10:18 am
• 31 comments
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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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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
• 26 comments

More Budget Freedom, But Not More Money

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Lots of weekend discussion about the Donoso departure (see below).  Today’s news includes updates on school budgets, a proposed unification of school schedules (good luck with that), and some tidbits about Donoso’s severance, etc. BUDGET LOADING CPS to cut positions to free up cash for principals WBEZ: Chicago Public Schools leaders plan to give school principals more... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 30, 2012 at 7:41 am
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No Reshuffling At CPS, Says CPS

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Rumors and curious emails have been swirling for weeks and increased steeply this week, but Noemi Donoso is still the chief education officer for CPS, according to CPS.  There’s been no change in the former Denver Public Schools administrator’s portfolio of responsibilities. Her last day wasn’t earlier this week.  There wasn’t an epic behind the scenes... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 27, 2012 at 8:05 am
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Pro-Active Strike Vote?

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Lots of coverage of the decision to go to fact finding — and some mention of the possibility that CTU won’t wait to conduct the vote even if they can’t go on strike yet, an approach that’s come up here several times over the past few weeks.  What such a vote would do to the... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 17, 2012 at 9:01 am
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Straw Poll Saber Rattling

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Lots of coverage of yesterday’s CTU press conference (see also previous post), plus some updates on the pink slime thing and a few other tidbits.  I like the idea of calling the votes “straw polls” instead of strike votes, since they’re nonbinding.  And I think the WLS story calling it “sabre rattling” is about right... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 6, 2012 at 7:48 am
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Video: Lewis Comes Out Swinging

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Karen Lewis didn’t cuss during her speech earlier today, but she certainly had a lot of feeling in her words.  Here’s the video, or click here for the transcript from CTU.  Then tell us what you think about the speech... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 5, 2012 at 4:42 pm
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