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Man charged with murder 4 years after teen killed in SUV wreck
Tribune reporterA Southwest Side man has been charged in the 2009 death of a 16-year-old boy ejected from an SUV when it was rammed by a van during a chase, prosecutors said. Hugo “Juicy” Ocon, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Gage Park, Punishment
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U.S. Education Secretary Talks School Safety In Hartford
The Hartford Courant— Local students gathered in a town hall meeting Friday asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan his opinion of armed guards in schools, how much standardized testing is enough or too much, and a long list of school security issues....Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Students, U.S. Congress, Government, Interior Policy
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CPS employee accused of pushing student down stairs
Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools has removed a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee from his position after a video posted online appears to show him pushing a female student down a flight of stairs. The 16-year-old student’s family released a statement...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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CPS suspends employee seen pushing student in video
Chicago Public Schools has removed a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee from his job after a video was posted online that appears to show him pushing a female student down a flight of stairs. The 16-year-old student's family released a statement...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Hearing set on lawsuits over CPS closings
A day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut 49 elementary schools, a federal judge on Thursday scheduled a four-day hearing in July on two lawsuits that seek to halt the closings. The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee...
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Hearing set in lawsuits over Chicago Public Schools closings
Tribune reporterA day after the controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shut down 50 schools, a federal judge today scheduled a four-day hearing in July to decide whether to halt the closures. The hearing before U.S. District Judge John Lee is likely to include...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Separation of Church and State, Judges
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School closings disappoint many aldermen
Tribune reportersAfter the Chicago School Board meeting Wednesday, many of the aldermen who argued unsuccessfully to keep schools in their wards open said they were disappointed with the process. Ald. Deborah Graham, 29th, said she went to testify at the school board...Tags: Walter Burnett, Jr., Students, Local Government, Robert Fioretti, Carrie Austin
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Chicago School Board votes to close 50 schools
ReutersCHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago School Board voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools before the next academic year begins in the largest such mass public school closing in U.S. history. The nation's third-largest public school district took the... -
Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teachers, Chicago Charter Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Gang Activity
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Chicago-area pension funding gap jumps to $32 billion: report
ReutersThe Chicago-based Civic Federation said Tuesday the funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from the year, warning of service cuts or tax hikes to bridge the gap. The civic watchdog...Tags: Chicago Park District, Illinois General Assembly, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Chicago Transit Authority
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School closings worst for students with special needs
On May 22, the Chicago School Board will decide whether to approve one of the largest mass school closings in U.S. history. The impacts will be felt in different ways by the more than 46,000 mostly black students who’ll be affected. But the action...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Some school closings make no sense
Some of the proposed school closings make no sense, especially those involving buildings renovated to accomodate students with disabilities (“CPS documents raise questions about closings,” News, May 17). I had given Mayor Rahm Emanuel the...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Education
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