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    Jan 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. L.A. Unified gets praise for authorizing, overseeing charter schools

    L.A. NOW
    A nonprofit that examines the authorization of charter schools gave good marks Thursday to the Los Angeles Unified School District -- a finding that may surprise some local charter school operators who have long battled the school system. The thumbs-up......
    2. Jan 7, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Report: Schools spent $67K on cappuccino machines

    An inspector's report shows Chicago Public Schools employees bent rules to spend $67,000 for espresso machines that largely haven't been used. The report shows the nation's third-largest district bought 30 cappuccino machines for a culinary arts program....

    Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace

    3. Mar 7, 2004 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. A refresher course on murals

    One of the nation's great troves of Progressive and New Deal murals is the subject of new tours led by the woman who wrote the book on them.
    Times Staff Writer
    One of the nation's great troves of Progressive and New Deal murals is the subject of new tours led by the woman who wrote the book on them. Most of the more than 400 murals, which are found throughout Chicago public schools, have been restored in an...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Schools, Public Schools, Education, Hyde Park

    4. May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?

    Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health, this city cannot continue to serve its citizens.
    Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...

    Tags: Pension and Welfare, Collective Contract, Local Elections, Garry McCarthy, Rahm Emanuel

    5. May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Casino bill would give city unparalleled control

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...

    Tags: Ethics, Mark Clayton, Organized Crime, Litigation and Regulation, Government

    6. May 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings

    About 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools.
    Tribune reporter
    About 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools. The protest, organized by the Chicago Teachers Union, kicked off at 10 a.m. at Jesse Owens...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor, Jesse Owens, Schools

    7. May 17, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  7. Open thread: The weeks in review

    Change of Subject
    The "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of......
    8. May 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head

    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term Friday, according to preliminary and still unofficial results released by the union.
    Tribune reporter
    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Mayor, Career and Workplace

    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. When the sun, and mayor, pop up for the arts

    Each and every year in Chicago, there is a moment when the problems of the city seem to fall away and everything seems doable and winnable again. It is a moment inextricably tied to the weather. Spring always comes later than even the worst-case scenario. But there's always one day — an hour, even — when it finally arrives with such blazing force you know winter is dead and buried for the year. That's when a smart politician knows to pop up outdoors.
    Tribune critic
    Each and every year in Chicago, there is a moment when the problems of the city seem to fall away and everything seems doable and winnable again. It is a moment inextricably tied to the weather. Spring always comes later than even the worst-case scenario....

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Entertainment, Millennium Park, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice

    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. CPS gets $1 million for arts education

    A push to bring more arts instruction to Chicago Public Schools got a boost Wednesday when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an additional $500,000 in funding for the CPS Arts Education Plan for the coming school year.
    A push to bring more arts instruction to Chicago Public Schools got a boost Wednesday when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an additional $500,000 in funding for the CPS Arts Education Plan for the coming school year. The new money brings total funding...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Arts and Culture, Schools, Education

    11. May 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets

    I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea.
    I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....

    Tags: Chicago Hotels, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Fioretti, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, McCormick Place

    12. May 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. BMI measuring in schools proves weighty issue

    Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother recently told a panel of health experts.
    Like other fourth-graders at Evanston's King Laboratory School, Jennifer Dreller's daughter was discreetly weighed during gym class as part of a routine fitness assessment. But the experience took a toll on the 10-year-old's self-esteem, her mother...

    Tags: Physical Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Eating Disorders, Weight

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