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Research shows that Latinos who remain in bilingual programs long term risk falling behind in the middle grades and failing once they reach high school. CPS is taking long-awaited steps to launch dual-language programs, a strategy that is gaining steam nationally to help students become proficient in their native language and in English.

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Charter discipline policy under fire February 13, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris The civil rights advocacy group Advancement Project is considering a legal challenge to the discipline policy of Noble Street Charter School campuses, which charge students $5 each time they are issued a detention. “As civil rights lawyers, we are exploring our options to challenge this practice,” said Advancement Project staff attorney Alexi Nunn Freeman. Read More \| (35) Comments	Youth advocates want more data on school arrests January 25, 2012 By: Sarah Karp A youth advocacy group is calling on Chicago aldermen to pass a student safety act similar to one in New York City that forces the school district to reveal the number of arrests, suspensions and expulsions per school every quarter. Read More \| (9) Comments
Clemente police car January 25, 2012 Read More \| (0) Comments	Marshall Peace Day October 13, 2011 Read More \| (0) Comments
Suspending progress? October 13, 2011 By: Sarah Karp The rules of Marshall’s in-school suspension room are written on the chalkboard at the front of the class: “No laughing. No cell phones. No talking. No putting your head down on the desk.” If a student finishes his or her work, a table is piled with books to read. There’s also a worksheet they can complete, designed to make them think about their behavior. At a big neighborhood high school, an in-school suspension room might seem par for the course. But at Marshall, the strategy has been tried before, failed before, and in recent years, didn’t exist. Read More \| (0) Comments	Aldermen to tell CPS to lower suspension rates October 07, 2011 By: Sarah Karp Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward) told parents at a rally Friday morning that he intends to co-sponsor a resolution with Ald. Michelle Harris (8th Ward) calling on CPS to lower suspension rates by 40 percent and to implement restorative justice practices. Read More \| (16) Comments
Peer jury takes hold at Hay Elementary November 22, 2010 By: Rebecca Harris Peer juries, the most common restorative justice practice in Chicago Public Schools, have existed in high schools since at least the 1990s. Now, Hay Elementary has a promising peer jury program launched with the help of the district’s pilot restorative justice program. Principal Wayne Williams says the peer jury began with strong teacher training and student recruitment. Read More \| (0) Comments	How restorative justice came--and quickly left November 22, 2010 By: Rebecca Harris Monroe Elementary Principal Edwin Rivera was excited to learn in fall 2008 that his school would receive grant money to start a restorative justice program. As a former counselor, Rivera is a strong believer in strategies that give schools an alternative to solve conflict and avoid suspensions. Read More \| (0) Comments
More resources, not more suspensions, is the real solution to discipline problems July 08, 2009 By: Lorraine Forte Recently, Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman told school principals that the district plans to focus on data analysis as a first step toward improvement. There's one statistic that the district ought to immediately turn its attention to: suspensions and expulsions of African-American boys. Read More \| (0) Comments

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