Looking for an innovation model for your school? Try asking students

E-School News - Stephen Noonoo "How do you combat student [...]

April 24th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Illinois launches financial probe into Chicago Public Schools

Reuters - Staff Writer "The Illinois State Board of Education [...]

February 20th, 2016|Categories: Accountability, Chicago, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report: Lowest-scoring teachers concentrated in poorest schools

Catalyst Chicago - Kalyn Belsha "Teachers who score the lowest [...]

January 16th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chicago Schools Issue Call for New Charters to Serve Traumatized Students

The 74 Million - Naomi Nix "These days there are [...]

January 12th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Charter School, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Coding education rare in K-12 schools but starting to catch on

The Chicago Tribune - John Keilman "Like most high school [...]

January 2nd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Coding, Current Events, Education, Illinois, K-12, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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What happens when college and career readiness starts in kindergarten?

E-School News - Genevra Walters "Ask a third grader what [...]

November 24th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Can We Harness the Power of Learning Beyond the School Day?

KQED News Mind/Shift - Katrina Schwartz "Discussions of learning tend [...]

November 10th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, After-School Program, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Computers far from solution to education’s problems

The Chicago Tribune - Bill Mego "When the Soviets launched [...]

November 7th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Computer, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Internet, Learning, News, Online, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How dual-language learning is taking hold in West Chicago

The Daily Herald - Jessica Cilella "For the past three [...]

October 10th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Illinois Governor Signs Sweeping School Discipline Reform

The Huffington Post - Christina Wilkie "Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) [...]

August 26th, 2015|Categories: Attendance, Behavior, Illinois, School, School Discipline, Students|Tags: Education, School|

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