News
Austin schools face budget cuts this year
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The Chicago Board of Education is expected to approve the district’s 2013-2013 spending plan at its monthly meeting tomorrow.
News
West Side leaders speak out at CPS budget hearing
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Audience members voice frustration over no elected officials being present at the meeting.
News
West Side residents not giving up
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In response to the unprecedented 50 school closing action by the Chicago Board of Education, parents and community activists said they will continue to fight.
Opinion
Addressing the “elephant in the room” before the May 22nd vote on school closings
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A West Side resident and former teacher questions officials’ agenda and warns African-American students could fall even further behind.
News
Lewis teachers agree to different curriculum, not turnaround
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Students and educators at the Austin school slated for all new staff push their own plan at a recent public hearing.
News
Schools pitted against each other in fight to remain open
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At the final hearing for Armstrong and May, supporters said they felt like they were having to criticize other schools.
News
Chicago Board of Education to vote on two Austin charter schools’ contract renewals this month
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The Chicago Board of Education will vote on whether Plato Learning Academy and KIPP Ascend charter schools see their five-year contracts renewed at the board’s Feb. 27 meeting.
News
Plato Learning Academy seeks approval for additional campus
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The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote this week on the expansion plan.
News
Austin Poly Tech students fight for fired teachers
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The group traveled Downtown Wednesday to speak to the Chicago Board of Education about what’s happening at the school, according to the Chicago News Cooperative.
News
Advocates push for magnet school in Austin
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The Chicago Board of Education approved another magnet in University Village, causing some to question why the West Side isn’t being considered for such a school.