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In the News: Lawmakers OK more high school math options April 26, 2012 By: Cassandra West Illinois lawmakers approved a proposal Wednesday that would increase the range of courses that count toward meeting high school math requirements. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: CPS principal search goes nationwide March 05, 2012 By: Cassandra West Chicago will search the country for 50 new school principals this year and hand each of them a $25,000 bonus if they agree to come and take over a failing school, another move toward rewarding high-performing educators in the city with cash, the Tribune reported over the weekend. Read More \| (7) Comments
For the Record: Principal signing bonuses March 02, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris This story has been updated to include additional information about the number of candidates in the principal eligibility pool, the number of candidates CPS has hired from outside the district, the number of principals who are retiring, and the fact that this program is aimed at low-performing schools. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday that CPS will offer up to 50 out-of-town principals privately funded $25,000 signing bonuses for landing jobs in low-performing schools. Read More \| (36) Comments	Tougher principal selection process in the works February 17, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Chicago Public Schools is embarking on yet another revamp of its controversial principal eligibility process, based on a new set of principal skills that will also play into new state-mandated principal evaluations. The changes could take effect as soon as this summer, but it’s not clear yet what they will be. The current process includes an application with essays and an initial interview; a scenario exam; a school data case study; a more in-depth interview; and a mock teacher observation. (Those could still be part of the revamped process.) Read More \| (21) Comments
CPS moves forward on principal prep program, single HS application November 16, 2011 By: Sarah Karp At a low-key board meeting, district officials told members they are formally looking for partners to better prepare principals. Also, board members approved a contract to develop a single application for high schools, to take the place of the hodge-podge of applications that parents must now wade through. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: Black CPS students lose ground November 14, 2011 By: Cassandra West Black elementary school students have lost ground to their white, Latino and Asian classmates in testing proficiency in math and reading, according to a recent analysis by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, the Tribune reports this morning. Read More \| (0) Comments
In the News: Principal group opposes merit pay November 11, 2011 By: Cassandra West The head of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association said Thursday that her members don’t support merit pay and efforts to reward them with bonuses for student achievement. Read More \| (10) Comments	In the News: States face teacher diversity gap November 10, 2011 By: Cassandra West A new report released by the Center for American Progress finds that nearly every state is experiencing a large teacher diversity gap, or a significant difference between the number of students and teachers of color. In Illinois, 46 percent of students are of color but only about 11 percent of teachers are of color. Read More \| (14) Comments
Emanuel unveils performance pay for principals November 09, 2011 By: Sarah Karp Principals learned on Wednesday how they could win a bonus of as much as $20,000 in the coming year, but the head of the principals' group says she doesn’t think the money will do anything to spur better student achievement and that some of her members have already said they are uncomfortable with the program. Read More \| (8) Comments

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