“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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PALMER: Early childhood education is crucial

My Web Times - Boyd Palmer "This month, Illinois leaders [...]

May 3rd, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Scientific Experiment: Field Trips Just For Teachers

NPR - Linda Lutton "Once a month, Spears and dozens [...]

April 21st, 2014|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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Let public charter schools succeed: Column

USA Today - Neerav Kingsland and Richard Whitmire "In Louisiana, [...]

April 19th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, African American, Charter School, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, Louisiana, New Orleans, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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EXCHANGE: Some Ill. schools teaching 2 languages

BND.com - Meg Dickinson "Dual-language education is catching on around [...]

February 14th, 2014|Categories: Bilingual, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language Immersion|Tags: Education, School|

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CPS proposes daily physical education

The Chicago Tribune - Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah "After years of [...]

January 19th, 2014|Categories: Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, News, Physical Education, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Lessons for locals on power of parents in schools

The Seattle Times - Linda Shaw "A community group in [...]

December 15th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chicago schools transition _ smooth or rocky?

Boston.com - MARTHA IRVINE "Officials have dubbed it a ‘‘welcoming [...]

December 8th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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