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- 1From:Education Next (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn 2008, president-elect Barack Obama declared that preparing the nation for the 1121st-century economy" required making "math and science education a national priority." He later signed legislation that provided...
- 2From:Education Next (Vol. 11, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIf principals have the authority to dismiss teachers, will they dismiss the less effective ones, or will they instead make perverse decisions by letting the good teachers go? Evidence from low-stakes surveys suggests...
- 3From:District Administration (Vol. 52, Issue 1)In partnership with Northwestern University, Chicago Public Schools has been offering its first-ever MOOC--or massive open online course--to the district's high school students. The course, called "Career 911: Your...
- 4From:Principal Leadership (Vol. 16, Issue 4)School districts across the United States are still facing budgetary woes, and the ax sometimes falls in the special education area. However, Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) CEO Forrest Claypool said the district will...
- 5From:Communique (Vol. 48, Issue 1)Chicago Public Schools (CPS), like most large urban school districts, has been confronted in recent years with challenges related to inequity. In 2017, a study completed by Reardon and Hinze-Pifer at the Stanford...
- 6From:Multicultural Education (Vol. 21, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction The public educational system is comprised of diverse demographics wherein each student has a distinct cultural personal history (O'Brien, 1998). In America, the traditional perception was that a melting...
- 7From:Tech & Learning (Vol. 34, Issue 4)The Chicago Public School System (CPS) is reveling in the success of its innovative PLUS Tech program, created by Lisa E. Perez., library coordinator for the CPS Department of Educational Tools & Technoloa, to encourage...
- 8From:Science and Children (Vol. 48, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedFor every $1 invested in a Chicago early childhood education program, nearly $11 is projected to return to society over the children's lifetimes--equivalent to an 18% annual return on program investment, according to a...
- 9From:District Administration (Vol. 50, Issue 11)Nearly half of Chicago Public Schools principals reported serious problems with rodents, roaches, filthy floors, overflowing garbage bins, missing supplies such as toilet paper and soap, and broken furniture since the...
- 10From:District Administration (Vol. 51, Issue 5)Responding to the growing diversity of its students, Chicago Public Schools has launched a new curriculum focused on the cultures of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The Interdisciplinary Latino and Latin...
- 11From:District Administration (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Jesse Ruiz, vice president of the Chicago board of education, was named interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools in April. Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett is taking a paid leave of absence amid a federal investigation...
- 12From:District Administration (Vol. 48, Issue 8)Do school district leaders receive even close to a full return on investment for 21st-century technologies like online learning, videoconferencing and interactive whiteboards? Technology vendors and their most engaged,...
- 13From:T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Vol. 39, Issue 3)* CHICAGO STUDENTS will soon have the opportunity to attend one of five Early College STEM Schools (ECSS) offering instruction in grades 9 through 14. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) will...
- 14From:District Administration (Vol. 53, Issue 7)Chicago Public Schools will require a new first-of-its-kind program to ensure all students leave high school with a post-graduation plan. Starting with the past year's freshmen class, every student must have their...
- 15From:District Administration (Vol. 49, Issue 7)Record lows in student enrollment and staggering budget cuts have forced some of the nation's largest districts to close schools, a disruption that has often interfered with classroom instruction. "Many big urban...
- 16From:Science and Children (Vol. 47, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedIn a Chicago Public Schools system where half the schools are on probation yet 93% of teachers are rated "excellent" or "superior," administrators are testing an evaluation process to more accurately measure a teacher's...
- 17From:BMC Pediatrics (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Illness-related absences have been shown to lead to negative educational and economic outcomes. Both hand washing and hand sanitizer interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing...
- 18From:American Educational History Journal (Vol. 41, Issue 1-2) Peer-ReviewedFor more than forty years, parents, teachers, veterans, and community activists have engaged in grassroots resistance to the military's presence in schools. Currently consisting of around seventy-five local groups, the...
- 19From:District Administration (Vol. 50, Issue 3)Snow days are melting away as schools increasingly take advantage of online curriculum to keep students learning virtually during weather closures. There are no statistics available on how many U.S. schools are...
- 20From:American Libraries (Vol. 51, Issue 1-2)Newsmaker: Debbie Harry The Blondie bandleader spoke with us about art, music, libraries, and how climate activists are the new punk. bit.ly/AL-Blondie How the CPS Strike Affected Chicago School Librarians More than...