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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Event: 2010 PSAE - ACT Results Released Today - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Event: 2010 PSAE - ACT Results Released Today - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Event: 2010 PSAE - ACT Results Released Today


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The Board is scheduled to release the 2010 scores this morning at Chicago Vocational Career Academy. The Mayor is supposed to be there, so I guess that means the news is good. [Then again, if it wasn't good they'd find a way to make it good. Check out this recent story about how New York state test scores kept getting better

AM News: City Councilwoman Slams Magnet Results

Preckwinkle Questions Elite School Enrollment CNC: "It's troubling to me -- let's put it that way," said Preckwinkle, who is African-American, at a meeting this morning of the City Council's Education Committee. "It's not that I begrudge the Latino community anything."...

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