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CMSA: Pregnant Charter Teacher Fired For Organizing - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

CMSA: Pregnant Charter Teacher Fired For Organizing - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

CMSA: Pregnant Charter Teacher Fired For Organizing


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Remember how in June we found out that the teachers at CMSA (Chicago Math and Science Academy) charter school had organized? Well the latest on that front is that the school allegedly fired one of the leaders of the

Back To School On Monday For Many


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Don't forget -- Monday is back to school day for all the "year round" schools.

There are now 195 such schools, 63 new ones according to the press release below, plus 19 additional high schools on Track E.

Any words to the newbies out there from all of you who've already crossed over into Track E Land?

AM News: "Year-Round" Schools Start Monday


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Five Chicago schools starting year-round classes Sun Times: Starting Monday, for the first time, five Chicago neighborhood high schools will begin "year-round" classes -- a move some hail and others predict could explode in "disaster."... TIF surplus Daley Chicago Tribune: If Daley declares a surplus to free up those TIF dollars, he'll have to share them with the local governments that have been shortchanged by his ever-expanding TIF empire. He should do it anyway... What communities are planning for Promise Neighborhoods Catalyst: Profiles of what five communities are proposing (Englewood: Roseland, Chicago Lawn, I forget the rest)... Taser Use By Chicago Police Officers Increases Sharply Sun Times: hicago Police officers have nearly quadrupled their use of Tasers since the department equipped every beat car with the electric-shock weapons earlier this year, according to new figures released by the Independent Police Review Authority...Bill Ayers To Retire WBEZ: Longtime University of Illinois at Chicago professor Bill Ayers is retiring