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Girls' running program makes having fun no sweat
There's a time for serious conversation and a time for silliness. And there's always time for running. For 6,700 girls at 287 sites in the Chicago area, Girls on the Run is where it all happens. It's the place to weigh in on heavy stuff, but also do the...
Tags: Road Running, Soccer, Sports, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Running
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Open thread: The Weeks in Review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
One vote, many lives
The Chicago City Council will vote on many items Wednesday. None likely will be more important than the zoning change on tap for the property at 2245 W. Pershing Road. That is where Concept Schools, a top-quality charter operator, wants to open the...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, George A. Cardenas, Chicago City Council, Chicago Mayor
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Kirk makes first public appearance in Illinois since stroke
During his first official public appearance in Illinois since he suffered a major stroke, Sen. Mark Kirk on Friday announced that "rehab works" and said he hopes his steady improvement serves to encourage others with medical challenges. Kirk took...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Stroke, Mark Kirk, Dick Durbin, North Chicago
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Kirk at 1st public appearance in Ill. since stroke: 'Rehab works'
Tribune reporterMaking what was billed as his first official public appearance in Illinois since he suffered a major stroke, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., took questions from the press at a charter school at Naval Station Great Lakes outside North Chicago this afternoon...Tags: Charter Schools, Teaching and Learning, Stroke, Mark Kirk, Dick Durbin
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Mom of 10-year-old shot in Austin: 'I hope the world gets better'
Jaylen Price lay in a hospital bed Thursday, a bullet lodged in his body and doctors not sure yet whether they will operate on the 10-year-old to remove it. But that's not what has been on the fourth-grader's mind. "He's not talking about it. He's 10,"...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Teachers at UNO charters vote to unionize
Teachers at schools run by the United Neighborhood Organization, one of the largest charter networks in the city, voted Wednesday to unionize. Teachers at privately run, publicly funded charter schools in Chicago have never been part of the Chicago...
Tags: Teachers, Schools, Charter Schools, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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Every day is Earth Day for Sarah Elizabeth Ippel
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel's eyes lit up as she peered into the chicken coop at the edge of her school's playground. "There are a few in there," Ippel, 31, said, pointing to several eggs recently laid by the three resident chickens. "Whoever finds them first...
Tags: Earth Day, Charter Schools, G8, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning
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My challenge to Karen Lewis
A year ago Chicago teachers, clinicians, paraprofessionals and parents hoped that their strength in numbers and unity would yield the legislative action and contract settlement needed to remedy the problems teachers face in the classroom —...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Work Rules Contract Issues
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A Bronzeville charter school makes its mark in robotics
If their robot was ever going to fling Frisbees well enough to win a world championship, the students at Perspectives/IIT Math & Science Academy had work to do. Joe Michaelis, head coach of the Bronzeville school's robotics team, ran through the...
Tags: Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Schools, Charter Schools, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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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. The Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley has recently submitted proposals to about 18 districts throughout the south and west suburbs....
Tags: Linda Chapa LaVia, Teaching and Learning, Students
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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. "There are many reasons to deny the application of the Illinois Virtual Charter School," said board member...
Tags: Linda Chapa LaVia, Teaching and Learning, Springfield, Students
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