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• New admission standards for CPS schools

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 433
  These stories caught my eye because well I subscribe to a Google Alert where I can pick up articles regarding Ald. Lyle. There were stories on CPS admissions and stories ( such as this ) on an ordinance to restrict the number of dogs a person can own. I like dogs to be sure, however, I believe the CPS issue is more ...
  9 hours ago

• Artist Deb Sokolow’s Project with Chicago Public Schools In Today’s Tribune

  
  Bad at Sports — Authority: 544
  Deb Sokolow, "Secrets and Lies and More Lies (Winchester House)," 2006, detail. Make sure and check out the Chicago Tribune today for an article about Deb Sokolow’s current residency project with Daniel Boone Elementary School , which is part of Chicago Public School’s “Crossroads” program. Sokolow is ...
  20 hours ago

• District 299 blogger on WGN Radio this morning

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 433
  Listen to both Part 1 and Part 2 . Alexander Russo writes the District 299: Chicago Schools blog and is another blogger in the stable of Chicago bloggers at the Tribune website, ChicagoNow . This is a part of a new radio program on WGN-AM called ChicagoNow Radio. On Saturday mornings betwen 9 AM to 1 PM, Bill ...
  2 days ago

• Raven Theatre takes action again school violence

  
  Chicago Theater Blog — Authority: 138
  RAVEN THEATRE TAKES ACTION AGAINST SCHOOL VIOLENCE A Bird of Prey Written by Jim Grimsley Directed by Mechelle Moe and Sullivan High School teacher Stefanie Rivera Presented in coordination with students from Sullivan High School Wednesday, December 16 at 6:00 p.m. No ...
  1 week ago

• Do we really care about education?

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 433
  I attended my childs report pickup session today at Burnside Elementary . Based on conversations with several teachers about 50% of the parents attended. What was the attendance at the other neighborhood elementary schools? Recently, we have had several CPS High Schools in the news, Fenger H.S.because parents were ...
  1 week ago

• Michael Scott Chicago, death ruled suicide

  
  BEHIND BLONDIE PARK — Authority: 145
  Associated Press Update:  Michael Scott’s death ruled a suicide.Autopsy results show that the Chicago Board of Education president committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.Autopsy: Chicago schools leader committed suicideThe Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office released Michael Scott’s autopsy results ...
  2 weeks ago

• Body in River Believed to be Michael Scott

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 444
  Body in River Believed to be Michael ScottA body found in the Chicago River Monday morning is believed to be that of Michael Scott, the Chicago Public Schools Board President. Police have not positively identified the body. Scott was reported missing earlier and his vehicle was found near the river.No other details ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 149
  Here is more about the Louisiana class-action lawsuit of teachers who were wrongfully terminated following Hurricane Katrina : Eleven months after New Orleans Civil District Court Judge Ethel Simms-Julien certified a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 8,500 former employees of Orleans Parish Public ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Scott of the Chicago Public Schools Board is Dead!

  
  Wide Trends — Authority: 141
  Michael Scott of the Chicago Public Schools Board is Dead! Chicago authorities confirms that Michael Scott of the Chicago Public Schools Board has been found dead. Michael Scott of the Chicago Public Schools Board has been found dead 24 hours after he went missing. Scott’s cause of death is still unknown.Scott was ...
  2 weeks ago

• The pressures of Michael Scott

  
  Garrard McClendon Live — Authority: 126
  My day was saddened when I heard the news of the president of the Chicago School Board. Michael Scott is no longer with us and the speculation on his last moments are rampant. As a business person, mayoral confidant, and school board president, Michael Scotts life was complicated, to say the least. See Tribune story ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Scott

  
  wisnuaji dot com — Authority: 448
  Body in River Believed to be Michael ScottA body found in the Chicago River Monday morning is believed to be that of Michael Scott, the Chicago Public Schools Board President. Police have not positively identified the body. Scott was reported missing earlier and his vehicle was found near the river.No other details ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Scott Reportedly Shot Himself In The Head

  
  scarlett journey — Authority: 508
  A body pulled from the Chicago River early Monday is believed to be Chicago School Board president Michael Scott . Police found the body floating in the river’s north branch near the Merchandise Mart around 3:15 a.m. after Scott’s family reported him missing Sunday night. The Chicago Tribune reported Monday ...
  2 weeks ago

• Body in River Believed to be Michael Scott

  
  Free INFO — Authority: 444
  A body found in the Chicago River Monday morning is believed to be that of Michael Scott , the Chicago Public Schools Board President . Police have not positively identified the body. Scott was reported missing earlier and his vehicle was found near the river. No other details were available. Scott was serving his ...
  2 weeks ago

• OH MY GOODNESS: Did they really find the School Board President in the river!?!?

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 433
  Tribune : A body tentatively identified as Michael Scott, president of the Chicago Board of Education, was found in the Chicago River near the Merchandise Mart this morning, police sources said. A blue Cadillac registered to Scott, 60, was found parked next to a trash bin yards away from the river. A police ...
  2 weeks ago

• Body found in the Chicago River believed to be that of Michael Scott

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 732
  A body found floating in the Chicago River is believed to be that of Chicago Public Schools Board President Michael Scot. Authorities have not yet made a formal ID, but Scott’s family reported him missing earlier in the day and his car was found near the scene of the discovery. Police are not expected to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Michael Scott

  
  BEHIND BLONDIE PARK — Authority: 145
  Breaking News:  Michael Scott’s body found in the riverThe body discovered floating in the Chicago River near Merchandise Mart this morning is believed to be that of Chicago Public Schools Board President Michael Scott, police said.Police have not positively identified the man, but Scott’s Cadillac was found ...
  2 weeks ago

• Parent keeps child at home for safety

  
  Garrard McClendon Live — Authority: 126
  Leatrice Jackson was fed up. She decided to keep her child home from Fenger High School because she had fears of Tywon, her son, being harmed. Can you blame her?   Tywon Jackson at home. Photo by Terrence Antonio James The Chicago Tribune ran a front page story on Tywon not going to school for three ...
  2 weeks ago

• Economic tier scheme for CPS selective enrollment schools: go back to the drawing board

  
  "600 words by Esther J. Cepeda" — Authority: 115
  "600 Words by Esther J. Cepeda" Looking back on it, I just don’t know how I made it in. Growing up at Addison and Lincoln there was no question where I wanted to go to high school: the gorgeous, ivy-covered walls of Albert G. Lane Technical High School up the street at Addison and Western. The place where, ...
  2 weeks ago

• City shifts admissions policy for magnet, selective schools

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  In the wake of a federal order placing race off-limits as a key admissions criterion to the citys most competitive schools, the Chicago Public Schools will use a battery of socioeconomic factors to distribute the coveted spots -- a strategy officials hope will maintain racial integration while enhancing economic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  In recent months, the federal government has made it perfectly clear that one of its key education reform goals is to turn around the nation’s chronically underperforming schools. In fact, President Obama pledged to devote billions of dollars to fund a federal school turnaround program which would close 5,000 of ...
  3 weeks ago

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