education
Douglass HS, community step up efforts to recruit students
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Residents, school officials and local lawmakers are working to meet goal set by CPS to enroll at least 100 freshmen for the upcoming school year
News
Austin presence at charter schools conference
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Students from Legal Prep Charter Academies performed, and state Rep. La Shawn Ford spoke on a panel of lawmakers.
News
Chicago Board of Education expected to vote to close up to 54 schools
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The fate of 53 elementary schools will be decided; over 3,800 students from five Austin buildings could be affected
Opinion
Proposed school closings have former teacher frightened
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In a letter to AustinTalks, a former educator said the anticipated shuttering of 54 schools is much worse than before.
News
School closings in Austin to impact nearly 2,000 students
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Chicago Public Schools announces the closure of 11 percent of elementary schools, believed to be the largest ever undertaken in the country.
News
Key Elementary students, teachers fight to keep school open
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Advocates for keeping the school open say Key’s after-school programs are vital for student success.
News
Special needs students a top priority at McNair Elementary
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About a quarter of McNair’s students have special needs, and some West Side residents ask what will happen to them if the school closes in June?
News
Seven underutilized Austin schools remain on CPS’ list, could face closure
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Hundreds of West Side community members attended a second CPS meeting in the Austin-North Lawndale Network hours after the list was made public Wednesday, urging that their school be spared.
News
More than a dozen Austin schools underutilized, CPS data show
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CPS will hold two community meetings Jan. 31 and Feb. 13 in the Austin-North Lawndale network for feedback about what neighborhood schools could close.
Community
Online petition to stop school closings, charter expansion
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Community advocate Valerie Leonard is urging residents to sign the petition for it to appear on President Barack Obama’s “We the People” website.