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Friday, January 24, 2020

Fire destroys south side food pantry #Ward09

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[ VIDEO ] Been quite a while since I've shared a local story on this blog. On Monday there was a fire in Roseland near 111th/Michigan wh...
Monday, January 20, 2020

How an Award-Winning Teacher Turned Principal Transformed Bennett Elementary

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I like to see news about Bennett Elementary out there and especially if it's good news. This time about the current principal of Bennet...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

CapFax: More of this, please

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More of what? Well a solution to a special education teacher shortage. Perhaps in general a teacher's shortage in this state whether in ...

Black Chicago at mid-century - Chicago History Today

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It's amazing that as John R. Schmidt notes on his blog last month that Chicago's Black population was growing during the first half...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

CPS bond ratings upgraded

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Bond ratings for Chicago Public Schools upgraded by Moody's after the strike via CapFax Citing improved liquidity, Moody’s upgrades CPS ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Capitol Fax: CPS receiving about three adult sexual misconduct complaints per day

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Rich Miller writes in today's post about this: " Sounds like it’s time to revamp the vetting process." Referring specifically...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Teacher's strike over, students go back to class Friday

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I will refer you to The Sixth Ward  as I posted some updates about the most recent developments earlier today. You can read details about it...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Springfield's response to the Chicago teacher's strike #twill

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It's interesting to not only see some news about negotiation, especially about trying to negotiation issues that don't belong in a c...

CTA Red Line extension update

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Rendering 103rd Street Red Line station - CTA   Over at The Sixth Ward on Tuesday I shared a tweet to a Curbed Chicago article with regard...