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The school board voted unanimously to name American Quality Schools, a Chicago-based school-management firm, as the new academic manager of Passages Charter School.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
The Chicago Public Schools district will draw $100 million from its reserve fund rather than raise its tax rate to meet a budget shortfall, school officials say.
almost 5 years ago | Steven Chaitman
The program marks the first time that Chicago Public Schools has offered students an online option to make up credits after flunking a class.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
Under the program, four schools will create groups of 140 students focused on themes like business and leadership. Teacher teams will closely monitor attendance and academic progress.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
A new study finds the Chicago Public Schools district hiring teachers with stronger academic backgrounds than in the past. The gains are highest among beginning teachers.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
Chicago Public Schools officials are developing new policies to address lagging achievement in the middle grades and a shortage of reading, science and math-certified teachers.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
Chicago Public Schools officials fear a new state budget will leave them without needed funds for building, repairing and making additions at schools throughout the district.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
Beginning next fall, Chicago schools will be rated on a point system that takes into account test scores, attendance and drop-out rates and advanced placement enrollments.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
Schools chief Arne Duncan and others traveled to Springfield today to lobby for increased funding. The district had asked for $180 million, and may get just a fraction of that.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
The Board of Education will take up a proposal at its regular meeting tomorrow that would create a new way to evaluate schools by assigning points for things like good test scores and attendance.
almost 5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
A parents advocacy group wants to return to the practice of electing members of the city's Board of Education, all seven of whom are currently appointed by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
City officials hail the improved rate of college enrollment among high school graduates, but Chicago's overall rate of enrollment still lags behind the national average.
5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
A classroom crunch on the city's North Side has claimed computer labs, lunchrooms, a science lab and a music room, as enrollment continues to grow.
5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
The School board approves an $11.7 million project to turn five neighborhood elementary schools into technological academies next fall.
5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
The Chicago Board of Education will vote on expanding the L.E.A.R.N. charter school at the Chalmers Elementary campus on the West Side. An earlier expansion plan was rejected.
5 years ago | Paul D. Bowker
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