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Schools CEO Huberman to resign Nov. 29 :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Education

Schools CEO Huberman to resign Nov. 29

November 3, 2010

BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND ROSALIND ROSSI Staff Reporters

Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman will resign his $230,000-a-year-job effective Nov. 29 in a departure hastened by Mayor Daley, City Hall sources said Wednesday.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported last month that Huberman told Daley he has no intention of serving another mayor and intends to leave his job long before the mayor leaves office in mid-May.

Huberman’s departure comes amid a void in the No. 2 position in the system. The post of Chief Education Officer has been vacant since Barbara Eason-Watkins left June 30.

“He’s sitting at the helm of the most important agency in the city and he’s stated he’s not gonna be there at a time when there’s no chief education officer,’’ said a Daley confidante, who asked to remain anonymous. “The mayor has to get moving on putting a solid plan in place. Otherwise, you lose momentum. On his own, Ron has stated he’s not staying. You have a chief education officer’s job that’s empty and a CEO who said he’s looking elsewhere. You cannot have that be the case in an institution that’s responsible for 450,000 kids.’’

Last month, Daley responded to the news that Huberman planned to leave the post by saying he’s not

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: If Doctors Were Treated Like Teachers

Joel Shatzky

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Posted: November 2, 2010 01:10 PM

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I originally posted a similar column in The Examiner almost a year ago (12/09/2009). I'm afraid, if anything, the situation has become even more dire for the teaching profession in the past year. Mayor Bloomberg's plan to publish the "ratings" of teachers in the press -- on the basis of test scores -- is one more example of the public humiliation many of the best New York City teachers have to endure in the interest of "educational reform. " Perhaps the following article can put this absurd situation into perspective.

If doctors were treated like teachers:

1. "Charter hospitals" could certify "smart people" as qualified to begin practicing medicine without any prior experience in the field if they had had "some business background."
2. Since a "doctor" can "doctor" anything, a cardiologist would be on staff at a hospital in place of a urologist when there was a shortage of urologists. The cardiologist could "learn on the job." Of

High court hears Arizona school case - Boston.com

High court hears Arizona school case

By Mark Sherman

Associated Press / November 3, 2010

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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday about an Arizona tax-break program that provides millions of dollars in scholarships for students at private religious schools.

The conservative justices indicated they are likely to rule against a challenge to the Arizona program that says it amounts to an unconstitutional state endorsement of religion. The court's liberals suggested they have problems with the state's tax credit.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in ideologically divided cases, asked questions of both sides that did not tip his hand.

The Obama administration joined with the state in arguing in strong defense of the program, saying the Arizona residents who oppose it should not even be

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