Posts Tagged ‘ Charter school ’

Image by Fibonacci Blue via Flickr A report from the Newstips Blog: As new and old reports at Catalyst and Gapers Block indicate, CORE’s victory in the recent teachers union election reflected the group’s activist orientation and commitment to grassroots organizing, in schools and with communities. “We energized the grassroots,” said one CORE member. CORE came...
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by Michael Neary of StreetWise Sept. 10, 2008 — The closing of Austin High School a year ago has left families in the neighborhood with stark choices, says a parent in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, who asked to be identified only as “Johnny.” The only high schools with traditionally broad curricula that children can now...
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