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High-quality preschool program produces long-term economic payoff
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Embargoed for Release Friday, February 4, 2011 12:01 a.m. Contact: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller 301-496-5133 High-quality preschool program produces long-term...Tags: Students, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance Cost, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities
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As school shuts, kids worry about what's next
After 119 years, school's out forever at West Pullman Elementary. On Wednesday, seventh-grader Willie Cooper and his classmates walked out of the Far South Side school, one of 49 elementary schools the city is shutting down, for the last time. There...
Tags: Culture, Music, Students, Fenger High School, Arts and Culture
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Voice of the People, Jun. 20
Suburban summer guilt Affluent suburban parents take life way too seriously, and part of that seriousness is planning every waking moment of their kids' lives. When I was a kid, growing up in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood, we were unofficially expected...Tags: Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Bill Gates, Schools, Education
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Chicago Forward: Pass or Fail for the Chicago Public Schools?
The newsmaker onstage at Tuesday evening's Chicago Forward was Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett. But at the center of her discussion with Editorial Page Editor Bruce Dold were questions Chicagoans and others had about the future of the...
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Protests rare over Blackhawks' name, logo
Just after the Chicago Blackhawks captured the Stanley Cup in 2010, hockey fan Anthony Roy created a Facebook page suggesting that the team change its logo from an Indian head, which he considers culturally insensitive, to a bird. On Tuesday, the page had...
Tags: Charlotte Bobcats, Florida State Seminoles, Chicago Blackhawks, World War I (1914-1918), Stanley Cup Playoffs
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CPS leader predicts happier ties with teachers union
Chicago Tribune reportersChicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett offered an upbeat vision of the district's future during an event Tuesday night, a dramatically different take from that given by Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis in a speech earlier in the...Tags: City Club of Chicago, Politics, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor, Teaching and Learning
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CTU's Lewis rips Emanuel's 'elite' advisers
Clout StreetIn the wake of recent school closings and teacher layoffs, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis took aim Tuesday at the two R’s of her education reform effort — racism and revenue. Lewis, speaking to the City Club of Chicago, did not...Tags: City Club of Chicago, Social Issues, Politics, Karen Lewis, Chicago Mayor
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Voice of the People, Jun. 15
Gay marriage As our legislators in Illinois struggle with gay marriage laws, I would like to offer some insights about gay people that may help to expedite the process. I am not gay, but the following are statements I firmly believe to be true: •...Tags: Chicago Park District, Report Cards, Political Corruption, Consumer Confidence, Politics
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Wendy Paulson, birder and conservationist
It takes a trained ear to know the call of the grasshopper sparrow. Or a bobolink. Or even a meadowlark. For Wendy Paulson, standing in the grasslands of North Barrington and focusing her telescope on a rare savannah sparrow for all to see, it brings...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Customs and Tradition, Wildlife
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CPS to lay off hundreds of teachers from closing schools
Chicago Public Schools said Friday that 663 employees at schools the district is closing, including teachers, teaching assistants and bus aides, don't qualify to follow students to their new schools and will be laid off. The total includes 420 teachers,...Tags: Government Debt, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Collective Contract
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CPS announces teacher layoffs; union braces for more
The Chicago Teachers Union knew school closings were going to be a blow for its membership, and it's starting to learn how big the hit could be. The announcement by Chicago Public Schools on Friday that 420 teachers, more than a third of them with...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Chicago Teachers Union, Unemployment
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McDonald's sued for paying Pa. employees with fee-carrying debit cards
She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald's franchisee gave her an unhappy deal. The Shavertown McDonald's forces workers to be paid only one way: with a payroll debit card...
Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, McDonald's, Scranton, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Laws
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