Part 1- Who Can and Should Run? Let’s start with a simple idea. You feel that somehow the schools are not working. It is a fact that Chicago schools, despite their improvements and despite the glowing reviews of this neighborhood’s schools, are failing to educate our children. Maybe you are unhappy about this and...
Catalyst, a site that closely follows Chicago Public Schools, notes that changes in the pension program, particularly the loss of accrued and unused sick and vacation days, could lead to a significant shortage of principals. Principals in CPS are usually drawn from a pool of candidates qualified by a certification test. But under a...
Chicago Public Schools Freedom of Information Act officer Cassandra Daniels has replied to Chicago Kent; Center for Open Government suggestions regarding the disagreement between the district and the Welles Park Bulldog on inspection of Local School Council elections. “Thank you. We will take all of your suggestions under consideration. However, at this time, in...
Microsoft has agreed to partner with Lake View High School
Hundreds of protesters called on the Chicago Public School to stop closing neighborhood schools in a rally at Lake View High School this afternoon. Following speeches about school closings, the protesters marched into Old Ravenswood to the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The protest advanced on Emanuel’s home silently, with many protesters wearing...
Amundsen High School football tight end Desroy Maxwell has been signed by Northern Illinois University it was learned last week. The 6′ 2″, 230 pound player made the announcement on National Signing Day. “I just stayed humble and I believed in what my coach and everybody else told me,” Maxwell told the DeKalb Daily...
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