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June 7, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union is expected to file a lawsuit against the school board to prevent it from increasing class sizes.
Union president Marilyn Stewart announced the lawsuit Tuesday. She says the Board of Education plans to increase class sizes by 20 percent from an average of 28 students to 35.
Stewart claims that would be a violation of Chicago's health and safety codes. She also calls it an "educational disaster."
"It appears that CPS is willing to sacrifice Chicago's students in order to balance its budget. Just what are we supposed to tell our students in 10 years who drop
Fort Worth and San Antonio will be the test markets for a new Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board grassroots campaign called Generation TX, which is designed to encourage all Texas students to attend college.
The program will launch at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. These pilot markets will lay the foundation for building a movement focused on creating a culture of college and career readiness that will expand statewide in subsequent years, according to state officials.
“It’s an attempt to reach out to young people of all backgrounds and say, we want you to be the greatest generation in the history of this state,” said Raymund Paredes, Texas Commissioner of Higher Education, speaking at the Irving Chamber of Commerce State of Higher Education program on May 25. “And the key to being the greatest generation in the history of this state is for you [the students] to get a good education.”
Paredes said the campaign’s message will be designed for different regions of the state.
“We’re going to reach out to the whole state and the particular populations of those different regions,” he said. “I’m from El Paso,
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected to address the gathering later Monday by video, and Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, was due to announce major funding for women's and children's health initiatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Over three days, some 3,500 conference participants from 140 countries will look at progress that has been made in improving global maternal health and assess the challenges that remain.
