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Littlest orator moves people on both sides of CPS debate
Tribune reporterJust 4-feet tall, the tiniest student protester stands on a chair to reach the podium. The microphone is adjusted downward so that he can speak to the crowds, who are sometimes stunned for a second—who is this kid?—and then electrified....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Dwayne Johnson, Teachers
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Hearing set on lawsuits over CPS closings
A day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut 49 elementary schools, a federal judge on Thursday scheduled a four-day hearing in July on two lawsuits that seek to halt the closings. The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Hearing set in lawsuits over Chicago Public Schools closings
Tribune reporterA day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut down 50 schools, a federal judge today scheduled a four-day hearing in July to decide whether to halt the closures. The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee is likely to include...Tags: Court Preliminary, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Gang Activity, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Carrie Austin, Karen Lewis, Separation of Church and State, Mahalia Jackson
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersBy Renita D. Young CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Chicago City Hall, Teachers, Police Arrests
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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Economic Policy, Pat Quinn, Political Corruption, Government, Mutual Funds
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, DePaul University, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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Protesters: Route to new school a 'danger zone'
Tribune reporterBeads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown’s face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered on Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana...Tags: Kenwood, Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois)
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School-closing foes take to the streets again
Beads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown's face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana Avenue is slated...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Kenwood, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois)
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Stylish MCA celebration; Pride Parade rolls out 42nd
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated 15 years of performances on the MCA stage with its benefit, "remixed/reimagined." The evening began with an outdoor reception on the front plaza that included food from some of Chicago's food trucks, plus mini...Tags: Gay Pride Chicago, Peace Corps, Pat Quinn, Gay Pride San Diego, Illinois Governor
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