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education

Douglass HS, community step up efforts to recruit students

By Terry Dean | June 8, 2017

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

By Katie Kather | December 7, 2013

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

By AustinTalks | May 22, 2013

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

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2013

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

By Reema Amin and Mario Lekovic | March 22, 2013

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

By Ellyn Fortino | February 27, 2013

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

By Ellyn Fortino | February 22, 2013

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

By Ellyn Fortino | February 15, 2013

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

By Ellyn Fortino | January 22, 2013

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

By Valerie Leonard | January 9, 2013

Community advocate Valerie Leonard is urging residents to sign the petition for it to appear on President Barack Obama’s “We the People” website.

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