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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Former CSU publications director indicted for fraud

A former publications and copy center director for Chicago State University was indicted today on fraud and official-misconduct charges for allegedly bilking the university out of $65,104.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

U of I tuition increase reflects national trend

As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Teacher pension fund suit: Northern Trust botched assets

The Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund has filed suit against Northern Trust Co., alleging the bank and investment management company improperly managed fund assets by placing them in risky, long-term securities that plummeted in value.

Voters say no to New Trier referendum
A $174 million plan to renovate and add on to New Trier High School's Winnetka campus went solidly down in defeat Tuesday night. The project called for demolishing the east and west sides of the Winnetka Campus, including the Tech Arts building, Music/Performing Arts building, cafeteria, Gates Gym and the boiler plant.

Monday, February 1, 2010

A year of living on the edge for CPS boss Huberman
Though he hit the one-year mark last week as CEO of  Chicago Public Schools, 38-year-old Ron Huberman is still doing his homework. The man Mayor Daley tapped as his chief of staff, head of the Office of Emergency Management and CTA president has already tackled some stiff assignments at the Chicago Public Schools. He's still working on others.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Lane Tech may get mini Wrigley Field
The Cubs and the Chicago Park District are mapping plans to build a $2 million replica of Wrigley Field for high school baseball two miles west of the real thing. The proposed baseball stadium -- complete with ivy-covered brick walls, a Wrigley-style roofline and a turf field -- would be at Addison and Rockwell near Lane Tech High School.

Freshman applications to Northwestern up 9 %

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University says the number of freshman applications for this fall has increased 9 percent over last year.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Honest Abe ends up at UIC frat party
Another controversy is brewing over a statue that's supposed to be on display at a local public university -- but isn't. Instead, the bust of Honest Abe ended up at a frat party. University of Illinois at Chicago undergraduate student government president Damian Wolak used student funds last fall to buy the bust of Abraham Lincoln.

Autistic youngster wins 1st place in geography bee

Aaron won the National Geographic Geography Bee on Jan. 22, participated in by other fourth- through-eighth-grade OLH students. The contest is designed to help spark interest in the subject.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Mayor Daley appoints new School Board president

Former Chicago Buildings Commissioner Mary Richardson-Lowry — the teacher’s daughter who survived the gang-infested public schools of crime-ridden Compton, Calif. — was chosen by Mayor Daley today as Chicago Board of Education president.

Keller Gifted parents fight school move
Parents of Keller Gifted Magnet students Wednesday blasted a proposal to kick the second-highest-scoring elementary school in the state out of its Mount Greenwood home to solve overcrowding at a neighborhood school. "Why disrupt an institution that is working well?'' Keller mom Sherry Swan asked Chicago School Board members.

Report: College endowments suffer huge declines

College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.

State universities want more students to graduate

SAN FRANCISCO -- For years, American colleges and universities have focused on getting more students to seek higher education. Now they want to make sure more of their students leave campus with a diploma.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Chicago Board of Education credit cards revoked

The credit cards of 89 Chicago Board of Education employees have been yanked in the midst of an investigation into questionable spending by the last two Chicago School Board presidents and their staff, officials revealed Monday.

NU forgives loans of law alumni working in public sector

Northwestern University's new Public Service Fellowship program is offering 100 percent forgiveness of federal student loans for alumni who work as attorneys or managers in the public sector for 10 years, the school announced Tuesday.

College 'gender gap' favoring women stops growing

On college campuses, female undergraduates have outnumbered men and outperformed them academically for years, but a new report out Tuesday finds those gaps have stopped growing in key areas including enrollment and bachelor's degrees.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

New fast track to CPS top-flight schools?
You could live in a $600,000 home within walking distance of Wrigley Field, yet when your kids test to get into one of Chicago's elite selective-enrollment schools, they may be competing mostly with children from the poorest neighborhoods in the city.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Davis not returning 'Defiance' artwork to college
The controversial statue is staying put -- at least for now. State Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) says she is seeking a legal opinion before relinquishing the $25,000 statue of an African slave that Chicago State University says belongs to it and wants returned. The flap over the statue -- named "Defiance" -- was disclosed in Michael Sneed's Chicago Sun-Times column Friday.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Tuition, fee hikes hitting U. of I., Eastern Illinois

University of Illinois interim President Stanley Ikenberry says the school will probably raise tuition for incoming freshmen by at least 9 percent this summer.

Ex-Chicago schools CEO Vallas may have to pay for vehicle use

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana's top education board asked Thursday whether a schools superintendent from Chicago should be forced to reimburse the state for misusing his state-owned vehicle.

Stevenson student newspaper's editors quit

Stevenson High School's student newspaper editors ended their tumultuous relationship with school administrators this week.

Freshmen agree: It's all about the money

Money appears to be high on the minds of this year's college freshmen, reflecting the influence last year of the struggling economy on enrollment, financial aid and life goals, a survey released Thursday says.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

University of Illinois raises housing costs, fees

The University of Illinois has raised the cost of student housing on its three campuses by up to 6 percent and increased fees paid by students.

Managing editors quit Stevenson's newspaper
Stevenson High School's student newspaper editors severed their tumultuous relationship with school administrators this week.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

School set for shakeup, coach stays in lineup

The first question some kids asked Tuesday after learning Chicago's Marshall High faces a staff shakeup was this:

No bail in Chicago teen's caught-on-video killing

A South Side man — the latest to be charged in the videotaped beating of Fenger High School honors student Derrion Albert — was ordered held without bail this afternoon.

38 high schools to receive funding to hire mentors, citizen patrol squads

A new Chicago Public School anti-violence campaign is sending the bulk of $30 million in federal stimulus dollars this school year to 38 high schools identified by officials Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fixed schools fail

Storied Phillips High -- where Nat "King" Cole once walked the halls -- and basketball powerhouse Marshall High School are among 14 Chicago public schools expected to face massive shakeups, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

Obama to seek $1.35 billion in education funding

FAIRFAX, Va. -- President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he'll ask Congress for $1.35 billion to extend an education grant program for states, saying that getting schools right "will shape our future as a nation."

Daley: Failing schools unacceptable

School closings are “painful,” but accepting the failing status quo is worse, Mayor Daley said Tuesday, embracing the Chicago Board of Education’s decision to close, consolidate or otherwise shake up 14 public schools.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Recession takes toll on university president pay

The recession has reached the executive suites of the nation's public universities and colleges, putting a stop to a string of large annual pay increases for school presidents.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

U of I to launch Web site detail school finances

URBANA, Ill. -- Officials at the University of Illinois say they're creating a Web site that will allow people to review the school's budget and give feedback.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

University of Chicago applications hit historic high

Applications to the University of Chicago are up 42 percent over last year, making the pool of undergraduate applicants the largest in the school's history.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Learning in the living room
When 15-year-old Marco Cattani was having difficulty in his high school English course, his parents found the perfect remedy. The Cattani family enlisted the help of Tutor Doctor, a one-on-one, in-home tutoring service that recently opened a branch in the western suburbs.

State community colleges to receive $1.7M grant

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- The Illinois Community College Sustainability Network is to receive a $1.7 million state grant to expand green education.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

University of Chicago undergrad applications up 42 percent

The University of Chicago has received 42 percent more undergraduate applications for its 2010 fall freshman class.

Texas board to take 1st vote on history curriculum

AUSTIN, Texas -- New history standards that will determine what Texas public school students will be learning for the next decade are coming up for a first vote.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

CPS' Project Protection: Hire citizen safety patrols
The most dangerous stretches of streets around 12 Chicago public schools will be protected by the "eyes and ears" of paid citizen safety patrols under one phase of a $60 million anti-violence campaign unveiled Tuesday. Such groups also will be called upon to function as paid, pseudo "truancy officers," visiting the homes of truant kids at 38 of the system's most violent schools to find out why students are cutting school. Chicago Schools CEO Ron Huberman made clear Tuesday he is reaching out to the community for help.

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