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AT LAST!: Chicago Breathes Sigh of Relief As Teacher Strike Ends (Column)
Read more: AT LAST!: Chicago Breathes Sigh of Relief As Teacher Strike Ends (Column)Two Wednesdays ago, few in this city would have imagined that by the time students returned to school there would be snow on the ground. Yet…
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After Allegations Oust Two Teachers, A Changed Payton Moves Onward
Read more: After Allegations Oust Two Teachers, A Changed Payton Moves OnwardTwo Payton teachers were removed last spring for alleged inappropriate conduct with students, impacting the Payton community in myriad ways.
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Generation All Initiative Seeks to Improve Neighborhood HS
Read more: Generation All Initiative Seeks to Improve Neighborhood HSWhile Generation All – The Chicago Community Trust initiative- may be a newer initiative that launched in 2014, the disparity between high school choices for…
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Payton Freshmen: Be More Than an 896
Read more: Payton Freshmen: Be More Than an 896The success around Payton continues to glorify the numerical and statistical achievement of its students. The admitted class of 2020 has…
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Falling short in the classroom
Read more: Falling short in the classroomAs now widely reported, Chicago Public Schools has gone through with mid-year layoffs due to the district facing a hundred million dollar budget deficit.…
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CPS Cuts $120 million from School Budgets, While FOP Backs Payton
Read more: CPS Cuts $120 million from School Budgets, While FOP Backs PaytonSecond semester cuts became a reality for many CPS Principals today. After the threat of layoffs due to the district’s place of blame on the…
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CTU Calls for Mass Rally Amid CPS Announcement of CUTS
Read more: CTU Calls for Mass Rally Amid CPS Announcement of CUTSWith the reality of cuts to schools fast approaching, the Chicago Teachers Union plans to protest the nearly 1,000 cuts threatened by the district. At…
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Senate President Calls for State to Fix Education Funding Formula
Read more: Senate President Calls for State to Fix Education Funding FormulaWith over 400,000 Chicago Public School students depending on state aid to fund their education, Senate President Cullerton called for a fix of the state’s…
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CPD and Latino Leaders Push for Diversity
Read more: CPD and Latino Leaders Push for DiversityPayton students have been active over the last two years in protest for more accountability and transparency in the Chicago Police Department. In part, because…
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Getting to Know Your School Board: Jesse Ruiz, From VP to CEO to President
Read more: Getting to Know Your School Board: Jesse Ruiz, From VP to CEO to PresidentJesse Ruiz’s list of accomplishments qualify him for his next endeavor in Chicago’s political scene. As December marks the last month of Ruiz’s tenure serving…
