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Chicago Public Schools crackdown on cyberbullies

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.suntimes.com (Views: 8, Clicks: 2)
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Digitally placing classmates' heads onto other people's bodies, leaving abusive messages on Facebook profiles, e-mailing X-rated images and inciting violence via text message are all part of the modern school bully's arsenal, Chicago Public School officials say.

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Online Credit Recovery Program Helps Chicago Area Students Graduate on Schedule

nitajo sumitted ago via http://thejournal.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 2)
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More than 1,000 students of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), each previously lagging in one or more course credits necessary for graduation, will now receive their diplomas along with the rest of the Class of 2010.

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Bloody Urban Landscapes

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 1)
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Bob Herbert -- In Chicago, more than 150 children have been shot this school year, and there has been too little national outcry against the violence.

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Educators and Parents Await News on Cuts

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 0)
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Principals, teachers and parents in Chicago will find out Monday what the $1.3 billion in proposed cuts to state education spending will mean to their schools.

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Neither conservatives nor liberals have a cure for bad schools

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.chicagotribune.com (Views: 32, Clicks: 0)
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Steve Chapman - From the local school district to the federal Department of Education, humility, caution and open-mindedness are in order. Because right now, the main thing we know about improving schools is that we don't know very much.

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Schools Test a New Tool for Improving Evaluation of Teachers

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 0)
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A pilot program called Excellence in Teaching seeks to produce an honest conversation about classroom performance, useful feedback from principals and more realistic evaluations.

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How VIPs lobbied schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.chicagotribune.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 0)
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While many Chicago parents took formal routes to land their children in the best schools, the well-connected also sought help through a shadowy appeals system created in recent years under former schools chief Arne Duncan.

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In Chicago, Obama Aide Had V.I.P. List for Schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 9, Clicks: 0)
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When Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, was chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools, his office kept a log of nearly 40 pages listing the local politicians and business people and others who sought help getting children into the city’s most selective public schools.

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Not your parents' science fair

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.suntimes.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 0)
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Texting, teen depression among research topic

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Study: Chicago kids more obese than others in U.S.

nitajo sumitted ago via http://abclocal.go.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 2)
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The percentage of overweight children ages 3-to-7 has dropped-- but overall Chicago still has work to do to curb obesity rates among its young people.

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Effect of Chicago's Tougher Science Policy Mixed

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 33, Clicks: 1)
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A policy change that made college-preparatory courses the default high school curriculum in the Chicago public schools increased the number of science courses that students took and passed. But it also kept some students from taking higher-level science courses and did not increase the college-going rate, according to a study by the Consortium on Chicago School Research.

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Protests and Promises of Improvements at Schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 25, Clicks: 0)
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As the public schools system entered its annual process of selecting schools for closing or turnarounds, parents, teachers and community groups leveled criticism at school officials for the lack of communication with the communities involved and questioned data from the central office that does not match the reality in the schools.

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Marshall High School Moves Closer to a Sweeping Overhaul

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 26, Clicks: 0)
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Marshall High School is a failure on several levels, and the Chicago Board of Education is now considering an extraordinary intervention to improve it.

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More Than Academics at Morton Alternative

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 26, Clicks: 3)
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A program combining intensive psychotherapy with conventional studies to help troubled teens finish school has reported promising results.

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Blogger of the Moment: Style Rookie

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.teenvogue.com (Views: 36, Clicks: 0)
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Teen Vogue -- "Tavi of Style Rookie never ceases to amaze us, and we're seriously not just saying that because she's in 7th grade. With her dead-on style observations and fearless fashion sense that puts even the most daring fashionistas to shame, this outspoken wunderkind is definitely one to watch."

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