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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Reinsdorf-funded charter school opens near United Center

Longtime dream of Bulls chairman Reinsdorf comes true as charter school facility opens near United Center

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Friday, September 11, 2009

New charter school grows in Loop

Chicago Tribune

Muchin, one of eight Noble Street Charter Schools in Chicago, opened to 256 freshmen from all over the city in an unusual location - the former Mandel ......


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Ready to Serve Chicago's Future

INCS blog

We discussed back-to-school issues and the current state of Chicago education. As a panelist, I shared some unique qualities that charter public schools encompass, how they serve as frontiers for education innovation. ......


Wednesday, September 09, 2009

50-in-10 Campaign

Youth Connection Charter School

The high school dropout crisis in Chicago-and, indeed, across America-does not just shame us, it imperils our future. Chicago graduates less than 50% of its high school student population. Each year approximately 47000 students get ......


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Back to School

WTTW
INCS' own Sylvia Ewing discusses issues CPS will face in the new school year with Woestehoff and Forte. Watch the video!...


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The next hot investment? Charter schools

Associated Press

(Kansas City, MO)
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=319567 Charter schools, already seeing a surge in students, are getting attention from another group -- private investors....


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Galapagos Charter School: Day One

"It seems like with the charter schools I've been hearing about in Chicago, that the kids have better testing scores and everything," she said. ......


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Galapagos Charter School First Day

Galapagos has experience on it's side from it's charter school in Chicago, and has learned that communication is the key to success. "They're constantly keeping in contact with us and we didn't feel like we were left out," says Heather......


Tuesday, September 08, 2009

A new school, year: Galapagos a go

Rockford Register Star

The communication between parents and Galapagos officials has been solid, parent Orian Hutcherson said. Galapagos officials have sent letters home to parents and students and also called parents at home, Hutcherson said....


Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Robin Steans: Race to the Top money a carrot for state educators

State Journal-Register

How would you like to play a lottery where you get to control the odds? That's what the U.S. Department of Education is offering, by setting aside more than $4 billion in a Race to the Top fund to be given to only a handful of states - if they’re willing and able to take steps that dramatically improve their public schools....


Tuesday, September 01, 2009

One week to go: Galapagos Charter School prepares for big open

Galapagos has run a Chicago charter school for five years. "Inevitably on the first day of any school or even any organization, there's going to be some......


Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Galapagos' lesson plans for 1st day, year ready

Rockford Register Star
All that communication is more than what's typically done at Galapagos' Chicago campus because charter schools are new to Rockford and don't already have......


Thursday, August 27, 2009

Charter school leader, others take pay cuts to help budget

Daily Herald

By Bob Susnjara

Prairie Crossing Charter School's director and other administration office employees have agreed to pay cuts to help negate a projected $100,000 in extra annual interest expenses associated with a loan.

Myron Dagley, the Grayslake charter school's director, is among those taking a salary hit for the 2009-10 academic year. Dagley said...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

State board certifies Galapagos Rockford Charter School

Rockford Register star

RRSTAR.COM STAFF REPORTS
Posted Aug 13, 2009 @ 10:47 AM

ROCKFORD — Galapagos Rockford Charter School has earned certification from the Illinois State Board of Education.

The State Board certified Legacy Academy of Excellence on July 29, and the third approved charter school for Rockford, CICS Rockford Charter School, is awaiting state certifica...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Expanding the Charter Option

Wall Street Journal

By ANNE MARIE CHAKER

Andrea Byrd, mother of two boys, had enough with her son's school. After she and her older son, Andrae, moved from Mississippi to Memphis a year ago, the formerly straight-A student "started dumbing himself down," she says, to fit in with the other boys at his new school......


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