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• Michael Scott Chicago, death ruled suicide

  
  BEHIND BLONDIE PARK — Authority: 140
  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 ...
  4 hours ago

• Body in River Believed to be Michael Scott

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 447
  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 ...
  4 hours ago

• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 148
  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 ...
  6 hours ago

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

  
  Wide Trends — Authority: 140
  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 ...
  8 hours ago

• The pressures of Michael Scott

  
  Garrard McClendon Live — Authority: 127
  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 ...
  9 hours ago

• Michael Scott

  
  wisnuaji dot com — Authority: 539
  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 ...
  9 hours ago

• Michael Scott Reportedly Shot Himself In The Head

  
  scarlett journey — Authority: 556
  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 ...
  9 hours ago

• Body in River Believed to be Michael Scott

  
  Free INFO — Authority: 448
  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 ...
  9 hours ago

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

  
  The Sixth Ward — Authority: 137
  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 ...
  10 hours ago

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

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 754
  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 ...
  10 hours ago

• Michael Scott

  
  BEHIND BLONDIE PARK — Authority: 140
  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 ...
  11 hours ago

• Parent keeps child at home for safety

  
  Garrard McClendon Live — Authority: 127
  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 ...
  3 days 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, ...
  4 days 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 ...
  5 days ago

• Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 607
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Sugar for breakfast at CPS

  
  Garrard McClendon Live — Authority: 127
  Fruits and vegetables probably wont get picked, because sugar and colorful wrappers win every time. Chicago Public Schools makes the decision to serve Fruit Loops, Pop Tarts, and donuts or breakfast. Photo by Tribune Photographer: Chris Walker With children opting for straight sugar instead of natural foods, ...
  1 week ago

• More Stimulus Math: Cooking the Books on Stimulus Jobs

  
  Big Government — Authority: 811
  Earlier this year the federal government sent $3 billion tax dollars to the state of Illinois to provide financial support for education as part of the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, a.k.a. “the stimulus,”.  Not for building schools, mind you.  There is money for that elsewhere in the $787 billion ...
  1 week ago

• National Education Experiment Not Working In Chicago

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
  Education Sec. Arne Duncan has $3 billion in the Education Dept. budget to close “failing” schools across the country — something Duncan did when he headed the Chicago school system. But the New York Times’ Sam Dillon relays a report from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research that closing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tax Credits a Perk for Chicago School Teachers

  
  The Chicago 77 — Authority: 426
  $7,500 Toward Your Closing Costs Did you know that CPS (Chicago Public School) teachers are eligible for a grant of up to $7,500 that can be used toward closing costs of a home purchase? What a great way to give back to the teachers of Chicago who spend their days educating today’s youth. But just like any ...
  2 weeks ago

• Budget forces CPS cuts to after-school tutoring

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 165
  Fewer than half of the children who signed up for federally mandated after-school tutoring will receive it this year as a budget shortfall has forced the Chicago public school district to re-prioritize spending. The district will only be able to serve about 32,000 of an estimated 72,000 children from grades K-12 ...
  4 weeks ago

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