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    Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Editorial: The obstructionists, Part 4

    Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who's exploring a run for governor, took a stab at Illinois' pension stalemate Monday. He had some good ideas for how Gov. Pat Quinn could force the issue — starting with a promise to veto any faux pension reform that doesn't get the job done.
    Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who's exploring a run for governor, took a stab at Illinois' pension stalemate Monday. He had some good ideas for how Gov. Pat Quinn could force the issue — starting with a promise to veto any faux...

    Tags: Frank J Mautino, John D'Amico, Kyle McCarter, William McCann, Linda Holmes

    2. May 29, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Lawmakers back anti-truancy task force

    State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with disabilities.
    State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a top-level task force that would address truancy in Chicago elementary schools, a long-ignored problem that especially affects disadvantaged African-American youth and children with disabilities. The Senate's...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor

    3. May 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. State bans new online charter schools for 1 year

    Illinois has put a one-year moratorium on new online charter schools outside Chicago at the urging of a handful of west suburban school districts.
    Illinois has put a one-year moratorium on new online charter schools outside Chicago at the urging of a handful of west suburban school districts. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the legislation Friday. It also directs a state commission to study issues such as...

    Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Pat Quinn, Credit and Debt, Teaching and Learning, Students

    4. Apr 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Valley View rejects online charter school proposal

    Valley View School District board members have rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district.
    Valley View School District board members have rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district. The Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley has recently submitted proposals to about 18 districts throughout the south and west suburbs....

    Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students

    5. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. D202 opposes plan for online charter school

    Plainfield school officials lined up Monday with neighboring districts to reject a proposal for an online charter school.
    Plainfield school officials lined up Monday with neighboring districts to reject a proposal for an online charter school. The virtual school would serve students from 18 school districts, including Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202....

    Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Kelly, Credit and Debt, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)

    6. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Naperville D203 rejects plan for online school

    Naperville District 203 school board members rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district at Monday's school board meeting.
    Naperville District 203 school board members rejected a proposal for an online charter school in the district at Monday's school board meeting. "There are many reasons to deny the application of the Illinois Virtual Charter School," said board member...

    Tags: Springfield, Chicago Charter Schools, Teaching and Learning, Students

    7. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. West suburban districts lining up against online charter school

    School districts in the western suburbs are lining up against a proposal to open an online charter school that they say is not in the best interests of students or taxpayers. That might leave a state commission to decide whether students will be signing...

    Tags: Chicago Charter Schools, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Students

    8. Dec 26, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Authorities seek solutions for K-8 absenteeism in Chicago schools

    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies.
    As authorities move to address K-8 absenteeism and truancy in Chicago schools, where tens of thousands of elementary students miss a month or more of school each year, they may not have to look far for workable strategies. Government agencies and...

    Tags: Jacqueline Y. Collins, Family, Politics, Justice System, Indiana University

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Move to lower mandatory school age faces 'uphill climb'

    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or even 5.
    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or...

    Tags: Teachers, Politics, Kimberly Lightford, David Luechtefeld, Chicago Teachers Union

    10. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Panel seeks solutions to school absenteeism

    At a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in school and life.
    Tribune reporters
    At a West Side town hall meeting Saturday, a panel of elected officials and community activists decried Chicago’s crisis in elementary grade truancy and absenteeism, and vowed to work on reforms that could save countless children from failure in...

    Tags: Jason C. Ervin, Politics, Human Rights, Emma Mitts, Public Officials

    11. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. CPS head targets K-8 'dropout pipeline'

    Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett vowed Monday to move forcefully to address the city's crisis in K-8 truancy and absenteeism, declaring: "We must work to shut down the dropout pipeline." She said that "while the district has not fully...

    Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Government, U.S. House Committee on Rules, Students

    12. Dec 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. CPS head, lawmaker vow to work on truancy after Tribune series

    A top state lawmaker and the head of the Chicago Public schools on Monday vowed to support a high-level task force aimed at combating the crisis in K-8 grade absenteeism and truancy exposed by a recent Tribune series.
    Tribune reporter
    A top state lawmaker and the head of the Chicago Public schools on Monday vowed to support a high-level task force aimed at combating the crisis in K-8 grade absenteeism and truancy exposed by a recent Tribune series. Speaking at a drop-out prevention...

    Tags: Executive Branch, Chicago Public Schools, Politics, Chicago Mayor, Government

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