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Friday, August 22, 2008 Chicago Tribune - Give students the choice to attend charter schools where kids perform well Collin Hitt Charters are successful because…they can innovate—and excel. Charter schools cannot discriminate against students; they must take all comers, up to their capacity. This has proven a recipe for success in Chicago…The way to improve Chicago's public school system is to allow parents to abandon failing schools and choose better ones. Chicago has already launched a small fl... Sunday, August 17, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times – South Side school get second life after 14 years Dave Newbart Little Flower, a onetime Catholic school in Auburn-Gresham, closed 14 years ago. But Saturday, it was reborn as a new Chicago public high school that will open for classes at 1817 W. 80th St. on Monday. "I'm ecstatic,'' said Marquette Dunn, president of the Auburn-Gresham Community Association...Classes there start two weeks before other CPS schools, an... Sunday, August 17, 2008 Chicago Tribune–South Side charters school’s new home opens, to delight of students Emma Graves Fitzsimmons While some children are lamenting the end of summer, a group of students at a South Side charter school can't wait to go back to school Monday because they will return to a sparkling new campus. "I'm just happy to have a school now," said Dextavius Chatman, 16. "Look at it—it's just beautiful." School officials held a ribbon-cutting ... Saturday, August 16, 2008 My Fox Chicago – Great expectations on the South Side Byron Harlan If you would like to watch a video clip of the Chicago International Charter School Ralph Ellison campus’ opening, please visit the following link:... Sunday, August 10, 2008 Peoria Journal Star - Word on the street: Charter schools a hot topic At-large Councilman Jim Montelongo recently said he wants to have a charter school-related discussion within the next month. He also suggests a resolution be approved by the City Council in support of the charter school concept. "I think charter schools may give people a choice of schools to go with," he said. Charter schools are publicly funded institutions providing choices for... Monday, July 28, 2008 CNN – Black In America The odds were never good for 16-year-old D'Angelo Gardner. His father died of a heroin overdose when D'Angelo was nine. And by the 8th grade, he was caught up in a gang. D'Angelo was also part of a dire demographic: In Chicago, young black men have the highest school dropout rates. Fifty percent, half of them, will drop out of high school. Only 3% will finish college. And that's not all. So far th... Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Associated Press - Obama Surprises 8th Grade Graduating Class CHICAGO — Sen. Barack Obama gave four dozen 8th graders a graduation to remember Wednesday when he unexpectedly walked onstage in the middle of their ceremony. The mostly black crowd of students, family and friends erupted in squeals of disbelief in seeing the Democratic presidential candidate, who had just finished a hastily arranged economics forum across the hall at the Illinois Institute of Te... Friday, May 30, 2008 Southwest News-Herald - CICS Wrightwood School Earns State Honor The Chicago International Charter School, Wrightwood Campus at 8130 S. California Ave., was among five charter schools in the city to receive statewide recognition from the Illinois Network of Charter Schools for innovative approaches to education this year. At a ceremony held May 21 at the Garfield Park Conservatory, CICS Wrightwood was presented with one of the Charter Up! awards for its Parent ... Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Chicago Tribune Op-Ed - Lifting the cap on charter schools The nationally renowned RAND Corporation released last week a groundbreaking report that every parent of a student in a public school should know about. The report, "Achievement and Attainment in Chicago's Charter Schools," shows that where it counts most - high school graduation and college enrollment - charter public schools are substantially ahead of the curve. The RAND study also docu... Thursday, May 08, 2008 The Economist - Red ties and boys' pride Sowing the seeds of good schools in the Midwest Every weekday, 300 boys gather in a gym on Chicago's South Side. They are all black. More than 80% are poor. Over the past few weeks Chicago has seen a surge in gang violence. But here boys stand in straight lines. Each wears a blazer and a red tie. And in unison they begin to shout their creed: “We believe. We are the young men of Urban Pre... Thursday, May 01, 2008 Northwestern Magazine - O Pioneer! Professor Carol Lee has broken new ground with her African-centered approach to teaching black schoolchildren, Summer 2008 Edition In 1998, Carol Lee helped found the Betty Shabazz school…The school’s African-centered approach is already paying dividends. In 2007, 76 percent of Betty Shabazz students met or exceeded state standards, 32 percent higher than five years earlier, according to ... Tuesday, April 15, 2008 WIFR CBS Rockford - Charter School Potential Benefits Charter schools tend to attract minority and low-achieving students, yet their results far exceed regular public schools, in terms of attendance and graduation rates, test scores and students moving on to college. "From the day that a student walks in the door inside a charter school the mind set is that those kids are going to go to college," says David Weinberg, of the Illinois Network of Charte... Saturday, March 01, 2008 Rockford Register Star - Chicago visit helps Rockford schools chart charter plans No teachers stand vigil in the hallways of Noble Street Charter High School in Chicago. They don’t need to. Students in crisp white and navy blue Polo shirts tucked smartly in khaki pants make their way to class in peace and order. They are on time to every class, every time — even if one happens to stop for a kiss from a girlfriend. As momentum builds to found the first public charter school in R...
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