Today Mayor Emanuel announced the appointment of Dr. Carlos Azcoitia to the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education. Collection of links: He is a proponent of Community Schools. NLU’s Carlos Azcoitia says there are three elements to community #schools: empowerment, mobilization and self-reliance. — National Louis Alums (@NLU_Alumni) October 18, 2012 He wrote twice...
Read more →Tonight the Chicago Teachers Union announced they are going on strike as of midnight. I have aggregated a list of camps and child care options available during the strike on this map.
Read more →As part of the agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union, CPS is opening new Full School Day teacher openings to tenured teachers displaced between June 30, 2010 and July 27, 2012. The CTU website has more information on this arrangement. This is a snapshot of the Full School Day openings listed on the Chicago Public...
Read more →On Wednesday July 18, 2012 Chicago Public Schools held a tele-townhall conference call to answer questions regarding the proposed FY 2013 CPS budget. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
Read more →With 100 degree temperatures in the forecast, I made a quick map of the cooling centers in Illinois. Have a look at http://kalov.net/cool
Read more →The Chicago Teachers Union held a rally and march on May 23, 2012. I have included my tweets and photos along with a small subset of tweets and pictures from others. Search hashtag #cturally or @ctulocal1 on Twitter, Flickr, etc for much more coverage of the event. Click here for more of my pictures...
Read more →Chicago Public Schools Tele-Townhall Conference Call with the Chicago Public Schools Leadership Team. All questions answered were asked by teachers. Topics included Full (Longer) Day , Common Core implementation, recess, sick days, contract negotiations, and more. Thursday May 17, 2012 5 PM – 6 PM. View the story “Chicago Public Schools Teacher Tele-Townhall May...
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