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Posts in category "Parents and Parenting"

The Next Lincoln Park High School?

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Which neighborhood school will be the next LPHS?  Hidden at the bottom of Linda Lutton’s new story about neighborhood IB programs is a chart showing schools like Kelly with massive programs and decent results.  Most have much higher percentages of black and Latino kids, and lower ACT scores for IB kids.  Some have perceived or... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 25, 2012 at 8:56 am
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Too Many Spoiled Ballots?

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There’ve been a handful of comments and emails about high rates of ballot disqualifications and other mishaps (sleeping election judges, etc.) at some schools following last week’s LSC elections. Here’s an email about the disqualification of ballots that CPS is apparently enforcing — I’ll let you know if and when I get a response from... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 25, 2012 at 8:14 am
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2.4x Higher Housing Costs Near Better Schools

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Want to live near a great CPS school?  That’ll cost you 2.4 times what it will cost you to live near a bad or average one.  A new Brookings Institute report shows some things we already knew but a few surprises as well:  The familiar news is that the Chicago metro area ranks 2nd in... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 23, 2012 at 7:44 am
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"Longer Day" Goes National

Today’s CPS news includes an NPR (national) story about the longer day debate, some news about the Nobel laureate visit (anyone have the list of schools they’re visiting?), a bad result for teachers laid off in 2010, and some spring school safety stories. LONGER DAY Chicago Wants Longer School Day; Foes Want Details NPR:   Most Chicago... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 23, 2012 at 7:30 am
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Report Card / LSC Election Day 2

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What does one do for childcare or to fill the time when it’s report card pickup day, as it is today?  I’m always wondering.  For parents, it’s a pain.  For teachers, it’s either busy or very slow depending on who you talk to.  In education news today:  Emanuel probably didn’t vote in his local LSC... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 19, 2012 at 8:35 am
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LSC Elections 2012

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There are basically two kinds of news stories — ones that are speculative (like the strike vote stuff) and ones that are about things that are actually happening in schools — like this week’s LSC elections. This and other education news of the day are below.  Tell us how the LSC candidates look and who... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 17, 2012 at 9:05 am
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Debating Rahm's Retreat

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Today’s education news focuses on two main issues — the secrecy surrounding the LSC elections (part of a long tradition) and reactions to the shorter longer school day announced on Tuesday (was it a big win or no?).  Oh, and Madeleine Albright visited Lindblom (hi, Molly!). LSC SECRECY Public waits for information about candidates running... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 12, 2012 at 7:48 am
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Shorter Longer Day Won't Change Much

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At a press conference yesterday morning, Mayor Emanuel announced new plans for a shorter longer school day, and that’s the main story in today’s news. Smart move?  Obvious cave?  A little bit of both.  My only concern is that it’s too soon for compromise, and that there will be calls for further compromises further down... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 11, 2012 at 7:35 am
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White Parent Pushback

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Today’s news focuses on the press conference held by a coalition of parent groups and its spokesperson, a Drummond parent, who are concerned about the longer day. Am I correct in having the impression that this is mostly a North Side / white parent concern?  White paper, white parents.  Not that there’s anything wrong with... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 10, 2012 at 7:22 am
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Reduce Fighting With Biweekly Food Stamps

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You don’t care because you’re on Spring Break and it’s the beginning of the month, or maybe you knew this already, but researchers have found that kids get in more trouble towards the ends of months, especially kids on Food Stamps (ie, SNAP):  ”Among students from SNAP families, disciplinary problems such as fighting, vandalism or... Read more »
By Alexander Russo,
April 4, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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