Even as CPS opens more new schools, children with special needs have a tougher time finding options. Placements in private therapeutic schools are scarce, and some charters are reluctant to enroll them.
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In the News: CPS' cooperation with Consortium essential
By: Cassandra West / February 13, 2012
In order to truly serve the children of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools must be willing share essential and sufficient data with The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research that will ensure it continues producing the solid and insightful research that "educators and policy makers actually can use to make good decisions," Catalyst founder and publisher Linda Lenz writes in an op-ed published by the Sun-Times.
A political consulting firm with close ties to Mayor Rahm Emanuel has funded and helped organize community groups and faith leaders on behalf of the mayor's contentious education agenda as a counterweight to fierce opposition from the Chicago Teachers Union, the Tribune is reporting.
Three teens have been charged with misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse for allegedly convincing a 16-year-old girl to perform a sex act in a stairwell at Lincoln Park High School, officials said. (Tribune)
IN THE STATE
A Glenbrook School District 225 school board member and Northbrook resident faces federal charges that he profited more than $17 million from improperly trading shares. (Pioneer Local)
IN THE NATION
Los Angeles teachers have approved a much-watched initiative that calls for a moratorium on layoffs as well as a new teacher-evaluation system. (Los Angeles Times)
Google's first hired employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the tech giant where he's worked since its founding to sign on with the rising education start-up Khan Academy, a nonprofit start-up in Mountain View, Calif., (where Google is also based) that produces online videos, exercises and testing materials in a bid to educate students in math, science, humanities and finance in countries where educational resources aren't widely available. (Los Angeles Times)
For the first time, students’ academic progress will soon be a substantial factor in evaluating the skills of Connecticut’s 50,000-plus public school teachers and principals after the state Board of Education on Friday unanimously endorsed guidelines for those performance evaluations. (Boston Globe)
A North Carolina school district has quietly emerged as a model digital school, with thousands of laptops issued to students and test scores up across the board. (The New York Times)
College is increasingly out of reach for the poor, studies find. (The New York Times)
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