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City offers 'a leg up' in job interviews to CPS graduates
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools graduates could have an advantage landing interviews for jobs with the city, whether it be tree trimming or fighting fires. Under a new iniatiative announced Saturday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office, the Department of Human...Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Military, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Mayor, Career and Workplace
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CPS announces strike make-up days for students
Chicago Public Schools have announced the make-up days for the seven school days lost during the teacher strike. For students on a traditional schedule, which is most of the system, the make-up days are: - January 3 and 4 - Presidents Day, February 18 -...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Strike, Education
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CPS principals meet with Brizard
WGN NewsChicago Public School principals met this afternoon at Roberto Clemente High School to discuss a sticking point central to them in the ongoing strike negotiations- their autonomy to hire the teachers they choose. The CTU is fighting principal autonomy as...Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike, Roberto Clemente Jr.
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Teachers strike talks end for the night, to resume Sunday
Tribune reporterAfter about nine hours of talks Saturday, negotiators for both Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union took a break and planned to resume on Sunday -- one day before a potential strike Monday. School Board President David Vitale said after talks...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Separation of Church and State, Unions, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Public Schools
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The CPS contingency plan
Here are some frequently asked questions about the CPS contingency plan. The answers were compiled from CPS and chief Jean-Claude Brizard's comments during a teleconference with parents last week. Q: How will the CPS sites in the district's Children...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Chicago Park District, Separation of Church and State, Irving Park
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Schools, churches listed as part of strike-contingency plan
WGN NewsChicago Public School officials and the Chicago Teachers Union may be at the bargaining table but some of the representatives WGNTV spoke with earlier Thursday are not expressing much optimism that a strike can be averted next week. After ten months of...Tags: Separation of Church and State
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Teachers union: 'Intense' negotiations resume Saturday
Tribune reporterContract talks between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union are over for the day and set to resume at noon Saturday. Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis appeared grim as she said negotiations were unproductive today. She said union...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Unions, Separation of Church and State, Chicago Public Schools
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Contract talks between CPS, CTU take turn for the worse
WGN newsContract talks between Chicago Public School leaders and Chicago Teachers Union represetnatives took a turn for the worse Friday afternoon. The day started on a positive note with union leaders saying talks were getting better. On Friday afternoon, the...Tags: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Separation of Church and State, Strikes
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CPS chief tells teachers, 'We need to finish this'
Speaking to reporters before he rang the bell at Clemente High School this morning, CPS chief Jean-Claude Brizard said school officials are making "steady progress" in contract talks with teachers as a strike deadline looms. But he quickly added, "At the...
Tags: Culture, Chicago Public Schools, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Teachers
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CPS classes begin amid strike threat
WGN NewsDozens of teachers, dressed in red and carrying signs reading "Students, Teachers, Parents: Unite!" picketed outside Lane Tech High School Tuesday afternoon; the end of the first day of classes for a majority of CPS schools. In many ways, it was a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Teachers
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Schools chief Brizard, the mayor's human shield
Before there was a looming teachers strike and before the mayor had to go through Friday's charade of giving Chicago Public Schools frontman Jean-Claude Brizard a vote of confidence, the schoolmaster was engaging in social networking. Brizard got himself...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Field Museum of Natural History, NATO Summit, Chicago Public Schools, Real Estate Buyers
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Emanuel gives Brizard a vote of confidence
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today publicly backed Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, saying he's doing "a great job." The mayor's comments came after the Tribune reported that a high-ranking education source said education and business leaders have...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Strikes, Chicago Mayor, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel
Sep 29, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 28, 2012
|Story| WGN-TV
Sep 12, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Sep 8, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 8, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 6, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Sep 7, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 7, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Sep 4, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Sep 4, 2012
|Story| WGNTV-LTV
Sep 2, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 31, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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