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L.A. Unified gets praise for authorizing, overseeing charter schools
L.A. NOWA 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...... -
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: Career and Workplace, Employees
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A refresher course on murals
Times Staff WriterOne 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: University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Schools, Kenwood, Arts and Culture
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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,...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Chicago Mayor, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace
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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. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Organized Crime, Values, Freedom of Information Act
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CTU teachers, parents march to protest closings
Tribune reporterAbout 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: Jesse Owens, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Elementary Schools, Schools
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago 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: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Open thread: The weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "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...... -
When the sun, and mayor, pop up for the arts
Tribune criticEach 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: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Entertainment Events, Bucktown, Chicago Children's Choir
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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. The new money brings total funding...
Tags: NATO Summit, Chicago Mayor, Elementary Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Schools
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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. 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: DePaul University, Chicago Mayor, Navy Pier, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn
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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...
Tags: Diabetes, University of Chicago, Medical Research, American Heart Association, Eating Disorders
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