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Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Teachers may have to re-apply for jobs Hundreds of Chicago public school teachers will likely be told to re-apply for their jobs or find new ones under a massive plan to create 100 new schools in existing school buildings over the next six years. It was the last day of school at Hibbard Elementary, and Shirley Shectman, who has been teaching there as long as anyone can remember, hurried down to the cafeteria for an end-of-year luncheon. Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Private sector steps in to help lagging schools More than 100 underachieving Chicago Public Schools will be re-born over the next six years -- not with new buildings, but new equipment, more staff and innovative teaching approaches -- under the most ambitious education overhaul since Mayor Daley seized control of the Board of Education. Sunday, June 20, 2004 It's graduation season, and thousands of families across the Chicago area are celebrating. For those graduates who also overcame major obstacles -- serious illness, mothering a child, surviving neglect or holding down nearly a full-time job -- the victory is that much sweeter. New CTU chief wants to return to three basics The days of a reformist Chicago Teachers Union may be coming to an end. Thursday, June 17, 2004 The number of public schools on the state's academic watchlist has skyrocketed sevenfold, to 363, with nearly three-quarters of them in Chicago, final data released six months late showed Wednesday. Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Lawsuit seeks to force schools to graduate eighth-grade girl headline:Lawsuit seeks to force schools to graduate eighth-grade girl Sunday, June 6, 2004 Bright future for all-girls school's first graduates That's how founders of the Young Women's Leadership Charter School feel about the first crop of seniors who graduated Saturday from the city's only all-girls public school. Oprah offers grads secrets of success Psst! Lean close. Want to know media magnate Oprah Winfrey's secrets to success? Friday, June 4, 2004 Chicago plans to close up to 10 elementary schools Plans to close as many as 10 Chicago public elementary school buildings are expected to be announced today, although students and teachers from some sites may be consolidated into other schools, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Union effort gets backing among UIC tenured faculty The idea of forming a union typically is most warmly received by low-wage workers with little job security. Wednesday, June 2, 2004 Student reading scores rebound The city's public elementary schools continued a "slow upward creep" in reading during the ninth year of Mayor Daley's watch, bouncing back somewhat after last year's drop -- the biggest in 13 years -- results released Tuesday showed. Thursday, May 27, 2004 100 protest planned staff cuts outside Board of Ed meeting Carrying picket signs and chanting, nearly 100 teachers and parents marched in protest of proposed budget cuts affecting teaching and other school positions as the Chicago Board of Education held its monthly meeting Wednesday. Wednesday, May 26, 2004 National Merit Scholars announced Here are names of the college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship winners from the Chicago area announced today: Monday, May 24, 2004 2,180 teacher layoffs to ease budget crunch About 3,660 Chicago Public Schools workers, including 2,180 teachers, will get pink slips this week in a budget-balancing effort to trim a $100 million deficit facing the system, the Board of Education will announce today. Friday, May 21, 2004 Tuition-based preschool dropped at 6 schools Tuition-based preschool programs will be eliminated at six schools and face a 15 percent rate increase at 14 others under a Chicago public school plan that left some parents howling Thursday.
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