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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scott probe brings more scrutiny to spending

Chicago School Board members hired a former federal prosecutor to review the spending of board members and their employees following questions about credit card charges by School Board President Michael Scott.

Monday, November 23, 2009

12,000 students skip mandatory Illinois test

Nearly 12,000 Illinois public school seniors skipped the mandatory 2009 Prairie State Achievement Exam -- a test that can trigger school or district sanctions -- and will have to take it this spring, state education officials say.

10 years later, Decatur explusions not far below surface

For the people at the heart of an uproar a decade ago over the expulsions of six black boys from a Decatur school, reminders of the national scrutiny the town endured and the divide the situation created are never far away.

3 students with area ties are among 32 Rhodes Scholars

Three students with Chicago area ties -- Stephanie Bell, Russell Perkins and Daniel Shih -- are among the 32 American men and women named Saturday as 2009 Rhodes Scholars, considered one of the world's most prestigious academic honors.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

3 Chicago-area students named 2009 Rhodes Scholars

Three students with Chicago area ties are among the 32 American men and women named Saturday as 2009 Rhodes Scholars, considered one of the nation’s most prestigious academic honors. The Rhodes scholarships provide for all expenses for two or three years of study — and in some instances four years — at the University of Oxford in England.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Family, friends remember Michael Scott
More than 1,000 friends, family members and colleagues gathered at Holy Family Church on the near west side today to remember Chicago School Board President Michael Scott. “He worked 24 hours a day for the children and the people of the city of Chicago,” recalled Mayor Daley, who tearfully called Scott “one of my best friends.”

Friday, November 20, 2009

Huge score for DePaul
DePaul University's schools of theater and music would finally have the world-class facilities to match their top-notch talent, thanks to a 10-year master plan for the Lincoln Park campus approved Thursday.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

DePaul's Lincoln Park expansion approved

DePaul University’s schools of theater and music would finally have the world-class facilities to match their top-notch talent, thanks to a 10-year master plan for the Lincoln Park campus approved Thursday.

Scott family weighing autopsy

Chicago Police on Wednesday revealed their strongest evidence yet that Michael Scott took his own life -- gunshot residue found on Scott's left hand -- but the family of the Chicago School Board president was weighing an independent autopsy nonetheless.

Social networks can help academics: study

Social-networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter can help community college students become more engaged in their academics, a report out this week finds.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

SIU president makes pick to lead Carbondale campus

Glenn Poshard chose Rita Cheng -- provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UWM since May 2005 -- to succeed Samuel Goldman, who has served as interim chancellor of the 20,350-student Carbondale campus since spring 2008. Goldman is a former university trustee.

Friends, colleagues offer comfort to Scott's family

Some of Chicago's most powerful people crumpled with disbelief and pain Monday upon hearing the Cook County medical examiner's ruling that School Board President Michael Scott died at his own hand.

More U.S., foreign scholars taking their classes abroad

The number of international students in the U.S. -- and the number of U.S. college students studying abroad -- are at all-time highs, new data reveals.

Monday, November 16, 2009

U. of I. grad instructors to strike today

CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois graduate instructors plan to strike following this weekend's contract negotiations.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

CPS beefing up force of traveling security officers

Chicago Public Schools is expanding its team of traveling security officers so the district has more available to staff potential hotspots.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Committee champions causes of students facing deportation

After an emotional appeal from a straight-A student facing deportation in 33 days, a City Council committee agreed Friday to champion the cause of Rigo Padilla and others caught in the switches while awaiting immigration reform.

North Lawndale Prep science experiment ends with HazMat call

A chemical spill caused by students "experimenting" in a science lab prompted a HazMat response Friday afternoon at a West Side high school.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

8th-graders' chances at elite high schools better
Poring over data about eighth-graders who applied to the city's elite college preps, Chicago Public Schools officials discovered an alarming pattern. High-scoring kids were being rejected simply because of the order in which they listed their college prep preferences. "I couldn't believe it,'' schools CEO Ron Huberman said. "It's terrible.''

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

College preps to admit by income
For the first time, the income levels of students' neighborhoods will help determine whether kids win seats at one of the city's elite college prep high schools or elementary schools for the gifted. And amid an ongoing federal investigation into whether clout clouded admissions, college prep principals will face a huge new layer of oversight.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

City magnet school admissions get makeover
A greater share of prized Chicago magnet school seats would go to the brothers and sisters of current magnet students -- as well as to neighborhood kids -- under a long-awaited magnet admission plan expected to be unveiled this week.

U of C unveils designs for creative and performing arts center

The University of Chicago unveiled the designs today for a $100 million creative and performing arts center to be built on the southern end of the Hyde Park campus.

Study: Most public school teachers don't like how schools run

More than two-thirds of U.S. teachers disapprove of how their public schools are run, and 90 percent say "routine duties and paperwork" interfere with teaching, said a report released Monday. The report shows the need for a nationwide education overhaul, said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Arabic classes coming to three more Chicago schools

The Chicago public schools will expand its Arabic-language program to three more high schools, thanks to a three-year, $888,000 federal grant announced this morning.

Harry Potter's Quidditch magically appears at NU
Harry Potter's sport of choice, Quidditch, is taking flight at Northwestern University. The game, which traditionally features wizards flying around on brooms, has been adapted into an earthbound college sport, known as Muggle Quidditch.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

$154K schools job for ex-Daley aide

Despite a burgeoning financial crisis that has forced a $43 million property tax increase and hundreds of job cuts, the Chicago Board of Education has found a $154,000-a-year job for an all-purpose mayoral troubleshooter.

Kiplinger: Northwestern University a deal at $51,850 a year

Three Illinois universities and three liberal arts colleges are rated among the 100 best values in private higher education.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Columbia professor says bias complaint drew retaliation

A Columbia College professor is alleging her conflict with the school is threatening an upcoming conference of international scholars.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Ball back at U. of C. after space mission

Astronomer Edwin Hubble was the first to prove the existence of galaxies other than our own.

Friday, October 30, 2009

More students passing, but the bar is low

A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics found the passing bar of the state’s eighth-grade math test was the fourth lowest in the nation.

Chicago schools among best--and the worst
Chicago claimed five of the top 50-scoring public high schools in Illinois this year — but also 38 of the bottom ones.

Early intervention helps Addision Trail raise scores
Addison Trail catapulted over more than 200 other Illinois public high schools this year to land at No. 79 statewide in the annual Chicago Sun-Times Report Card rankings. The school’s jump, based on the average reading and math scores of 11th graders last school year, came even though the DuPage County school has been serving an increasingly diverse and needy population.

Kipling Elementary leapfrogs more affluent schools
On one Illinois measurement, Kipling shined last school year. The school of 85 percent low-income kids in Chicago’s far south Washington Heights neighborhood leapfrogged over close to 400 other schools to land at No. 937 statewide among more than 2,200 Illinois public elementary schools.

Unionized charter schools teachers sign contract

The first set of teachers from Chicago charter schools to unionize signed a contract today that eliminates wide pay disparities, provides annual salary hikes of roughly four to seven percent, and caps class size at 29.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

6 Fenger students from Altgeld Gardens want to transfer

Despite the political furor caused by the videotaped beating death of Derrion Albert, only six of the 100 Fenger High School students living in Altgeld Gardens want to transfer out to Carver Military Academy, officials said today.

Schools hit hard by swine flu

The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide, and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big-city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Rev. Sharpton joins Fenger parents to spotlight violence

The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on Chicago officials to help stop violence at a high school on the city’s South Side.

Candidates lining up to run against Stewart in CTU election

The election for Chicago Teachers Union officers is more than six months away, but five candidates already are gearing up for a run against President Marilyn Stewart -- including her own treasurer.

Teacher of year transformed by job

Kevin Rutter says he's really a shy person at heart. But in the 11 years he has been a high school teacher, he has discovered something else about himself.

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