Foreign language push features new state credential

The Chicago Tribune - Diane Rado "Limited proficiency in a [...]

October 12th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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STEM education for kids from underrepresented communities

Planet Engineering - Joy Chang "The Chicago Pre-College Science & [...]

September 16th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Most asthmatic kids lack health management plans at school

Reuters - Kathryn Doyle "In Chicago, most kids with asthma [...]

September 8th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Health, Illinois, Learning, News, School, School District, School Safety, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Librarians Are A Luxury Chicago Public Schools Can’t Afford

NPR - Becky Vevea "Two years ago, the Chicago Public [...]

September 1st, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, Libraries, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Calling all Chicago girls! Why STEM matters to you

Chicago Parent - Megan Murray Elsener "Although women now represent [...]

August 28th, 2014|Categories: Chicago, Education, Girls, Jobs|Tags: Education, School|

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Teachers Turn to Crowdfunding to Open Preschools

Time - Staff Writer "Teachers and parents in Chicago are [...]

July 20th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, Teacher Retention, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Helping toddlers acquire language: Understanding verb meanings

The Examiner - Sharon Gloger Friedman "A new study from [...]

June 14th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Vocabulary, Word Comprehension|Tags: Education, schools|

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“This Is Are Story”: Chicago Public Schools Are Failing

The Huffington Post - Hillary Gowins "In major cities across [...]

June 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Public School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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One Key to Success: A Belief in a Future

The New York Times - Eduardo Porter "By stimulating the [...]

June 12th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Boys, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parents and Researchers Agree–Illinois Has Awesome School Report Cards

Students First - Halli Bayer "But a new report from [...]

June 2nd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Report Card, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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