50 local students win National Merit Scholarship awards
May 31, 2001
Fifty Chicago area students were named National Merit Scholarship winners in
an announcement Wednesday by the Evanston-based organizer of the annual
competition.
The awards, sponsored by more than 200 U.S. colleges and
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June 21, 2001
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Group Forms Educators For Better Business
Vallas running for governor
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July 12, 2001
BY LYNN SWEET AND FRAN SPIELMAN STAFF REPORTERS
WASHINGTON--Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas Wednesday made the
rounds of the Democrats in the Illinois congressional delegation telling
City wants to boost 1st-day attendance
August 22, 2001
BY FRAN SPIELMAN CITY HALL REPORTER
Citing the ''striking correlation'' between first-day attendance and student
performance, Mayor Daley on Tuesday kicked off a massive public education
campaign aimed at convincing parents to take
Aldermen criticize school busing plan
August 29, 2001
BY SABRINA WALTERS STAFF REPORTER
Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan and School Board Chairman Michael Scott were
scolded Tuesday by City Council members for a number of moves the two have
made so far, including a controversial school
Chicago high schools try a little experiment
August 31, 2001
BY JANET RAUSA FULLER AND ROSALIND ROSSI STAFF REPORTERS
Mayor Daley thinks high schools are getting so big, they're losing students.
That's why he and Chicago Public School officials said Thursday they will
spend $18.2
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-main07.html
Poorest kids often wind up with the weakest teachers
September 7, 2001
BY KATE N. GROSSMAN, BECKY BEAUPRE AND ROSALIND ROSSI STAFF REPORTERS
Cicero mom Kathie Garza knows anyone can stumble on a standardized test.
But she bristled
Why are teacher tests secret? politicians ask
September 7, 2001
BY ROSALIND ROSSI AND DAVE MCKINNEY STAFF REPORTERS
Illinois administrators who hire teachers should be able to see how many
times applicants flunked their competence exams and how they scored,
politicians said Thursday in
