Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Youth-Advocates-Want-More-Data-School-Arrests
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/news/2012/01/25/19785/youth-advocates-want-more-data-school-arrests#.TyG0PRDMIS8.email
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CPS Policies_and_Guidelines
http://www.cps.edu/About_CPS/Policies_and_guidelines/Pages/2011TransitionPlans.aspx
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Black Teachers an Endangered Spieces
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/17/3375974/black-teachers-an-endangered-species.html#.TxhHI8VOrKs.facebook
Monday, January 23, 2012
Recruiting Teachers
I am excited to let you know that the application for 2012-2013 will be on-line shortly (hopefully early next week) with a closing date in mid-February. My hope, as in the past, is to have selection decisions made in late April and for the 5th group of Fellows to start in summer 2012.
Please let teachers in your vast networks now that the application will soon be available. The word of mouth network has always made the difference in bringing us great candidates.
The content of the application has changed little from last year other than some minor clarifications. I am pleased, however, to announce a new program component. In 2012, we are proposing to add three Regional Fellow positions in the coming year (pending full funding). Like the Washington Fellowship, these would be full-time positions, based in one of the three hub areas for our Regional Communications and Outreach offices (the positions Northeast Hub position would be based in Boston, Philadelphia or NYC; the South/Midwest Hub position would be based in Atlanta; and the Western Hub position in Seattle). Regional Fellows will work closely with Regional Office staff and Classroom Fellows to more systematically reach out to teachers to share information about the Department, hear what teachers in the field have to say, and contribute their expertise and learning to Department program and policy development.
As you know, we have made a policy decision in the past that in order to grow the network we would not consider applications for previous year’s Classroom or Washington Fellows. However, because the Regional Fellowship would greatly benefit from existing networks and relationships, we are opening up this particular component to previous year Fellows. I know the locations of these positions may preclude many of you from serving in this capacity (and unfortunately given funding, we would not provide housing or relocations benefits) , but for those of you who it may be feasible, I hope you will consider the position. I think this is an exciting opportunity.
Finally, I want to let you know that at the urging of Fellows across the years, we are experimenting with the structure of the Classroom Fellowship hours in order to enable teachers to request “hybrid” positions with their districts and us. This is not a dramatic change for us, as those of you who have had more flexible positions already know. Rather we are trying to be upfront with applicants and their primary employers that the unpaid leave required for the teacher to participate in the Classroom Fellowship could range from a limited amount (approximately 10 days a year) up to as much as 50% of the Fellow’s time and that this would be up to the Fellow, their primary employer, and ourselves to negotiate at the point of selection. My hope is that this can create more flexibility and accommodate different Fellows’ specific needs. The specific hour amounts, like the Regional Fellow positions, are of course dependent on our final funding, but I am excited that we are opening the door in this direction and I appreciate everyone’s feedback that has brought us to this place.
You are of course ALWAYS welcome to call or email me directly.
Thank you!
Gillian
Gillian Cohen-Boyer
Director, Teaching Ambassador Fellowship
Office of Communications and Outreach
202-401-1259 (office)
202-365-7944 (cell)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Dear CAUSE Supporters,
Please come out and support our school communities at the following school closing hearings. As you may already know, 90 of the 100 schools that have been closed, consolidated, phased out or going through turn-arounds are in the African American Community.
Please come out and support our school communities at the following school closing hearings. As you may already know, 90 of the 100 schools that have been closed, consolidated, phased out or going through turn-arounds are in the African American Community.
Date and Time | School | Location |
Mon. Jan 23, (starts 5:30 pm) | PRICE ELEMENTARY Public HearingSCHOOL CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Mon. Jan 23, starts 8:00 PM | REED ELEMENTARY Public HearingSCHOOL CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Mon. Jan 23, starts 6:30 PM | Community Meeting to Support Wendell Smith ES | Chicago State Univ. Library-Atrium- 9500 S. King Drive |
Tues. Jan 24 (starts 5:30 pm) | CRANE HS Public Hearing SCHOOL PHASE OUT-CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Wed. Jan 25, (starts 5:30 PM) | BEST PRACTICE HS PUBLIC HEARINGSCHOOL CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Wed. Jan 25 (starts 8 PM) | NASH ELEMENTARY (ACT-KIPP) Public Hearing CHARTER CO-SHARE | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Thurs. Jan 26 (starts 5:30 PM) | DOOLITTLE EAST ELEMENTARY Public Hearing CHARTER CO-SHARE | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Thurs. Jan 26 8:00 PM | GUGGENHEIM ELEMENTARY Public Hearing SCHOOL CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Friday, Jan 27 (starts 5:30 PM) | DYETT HIGH SCHOOL Public HearingSCHOOL PHASE OUT-CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Friday, January 27 8:00 PM | LATHROP ELEMENTARY Public Hearing SCHOOL CLOSING | CPS 5th floor chambers |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Gingrich Ex Wife Reveals Bombshell- He asked Her to Have an Open Marriage
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/764527/gingrich_ex-wife%27s_pre-sc_bombshell:_he_asked_her_to_have_an_%22open_marriage%22_so_he_could_stay_with_mistress/#paragraph2
Chicago Rolls Back First Ammendment Rights
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-seal-livingston/chicago-first-amendment_b_1216950.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=605475,b=facebook
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
JOB CUTS HIT BLACK AND HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOODS HARDEST!
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/01/04/city-job-cuts-hit-black-and-hispanic-neighborhoods-hardest#.TxZMK5XsK5s.facebook
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
CTU Leadership Called "Sell- Outs" because of Senate Bill 7
http://www.lrp-cofi.org/statements/iso_043011.html
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Reasearh Reveals That Turn-Arounds Have Not Improved Chicago Schools
University of Chicago School Research major findings
www.hydepark.org/education/UCresearchfindings.htmCPS closing of schools did not lead to improvement overall- too many kids went or were ... The University of Chicago Consortium for School Research came out .... Though it has no direct authority in the matter, the City Council's Education ..... For nearly 20 years, CCSR has built a massive, one-of-a-kind longitudinal data ...You visited this page on 12/20/11.Despite School Reform Efforts, Little Progress - Chicago News ...
www.chicagonewscoop.org/assessments-of-schools-are-flawed-report...Sep 30, 2011 – In 20 years of near-constant reform efforts, Chicago's elementary school ... found, contradicting impressions created by years of Chicago Public Schools testing data. ... Researchers for the University of Chicago Consortium on School ... testing who say state exams and the requirements of the federal No ...20 years of school reform yields widening achievement gaps, no ...
Sep 29, 2011 – University of Chicago findings challenge common assumptions ... on Chicago School Research have done something no one else has. ... Arne Duncan was CEO of Chicago Public Schools during eight of the years covered in the report. ... Consortium researchers say having that sort of social capital makes ...Chicago Public Schools
www.cps.edu/Study Explodes CPS Progress Claims | District 299: The Inside ...
www.chicagonow.com/...chicago-public.../study-explodes-cps-progr...Sep 30, 2011 – U. of C. report says CPS reforms have failed many students Tribune: For the last two decades, Chicago's public school system has been a laboratory of education reform ... Study: No real progress in CPS grade school reading in 20 years ... a new report by the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago ...Study:-No-real-progress-in-CPS-grade-school - Chicago Sun-Times
www.suntimes.com/.../study-no-real-progress-in-cps-grade-school-re...Sep 30, 2011 – Despite millions of dollars in fixes and programs, Chicago's ... decades, a new report by the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research has found. ... is that Chicago Public Schools made “dramatic improvement” in its ... no growth in reading” over 20 years even though publicly reported ...You visited this page on 12/21/11.Report: Chicago school achievement remains low, despite 20 years ...
news.uchicago.edu/.../report-chicago-school-achievement-remains-lo...Sep 30, 2011 – Over the past 20 years, Chicago Public Schools has experienced tremendous ... a new report from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. ... Graduation rates in Chicago have improved dramatically, and high school test ... only incremental gains in math and almost no growth in reading. ...Chicago Public Schools Unable To Close Achievement Gap For ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../chicago-public-schools-un_n_1093043...Nov 14, 2011 – Twenty years of reform efforts and programs targeting low-income families in Chicago Public Schools has only widened the performance gap ... to a recent analysis by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. ... Unprecedented 1325 Identified For Improvement Under No Child Left Behind ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
CAUSE MEMBERS PLEASE SIGN UP TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE HEARINGS
1) Nash Elem. (Central) - Okay
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Austin HS, 6-8pm
2) Best Practice HS- (Central)- No one signed up!
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Creiger/Noble St., 6-8pm
3) Crane HS (southwest)- Need more members
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Malcolm X College., 6-9pm
4) Lathrop Elem. (southwest)- Okay
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Collins HS, 6-8pm
5) Doolittle East Elem. (south)- Need more members
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Dunbar HS, 6-8pm
6) Dyett HS (south)- Need more members
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Hayes Center, 6-8pm
7) Price Elem. (south)- Need more members
Fri. Jan. 6th @ King HS, 6-8pm
8) Reed Elem. (far south)- No one signed up!!!
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Antioch Baptist, 6-8pm
9) Guggenheim Elem.- (far south)- No one signed up!!!
Fri. Jan. 6th @ Shiloh Baptist, 6-8pm
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
What-Americans-Keep-Ignoring-About-Finlands-School-Success
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
The Answer Sheet- Whose Children are Left Behind?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/whose-children-have-been-left-behind-framing-the-2012-ed-debate/2012/01/02/gIQAz3nDXP_blog.html
Monday, January 2, 2012
Common Core Standards
Please subscribe to this website http://www.pd360.com/pd360.cfm for a 30 day trial to get us started on Common Core Standards with an emphasis on student preparation for job and careers as curriculum and instruction spirals up as common core standards curriculum and instruction is reinforced from K to grade 12.
We need to focus on grades 9-12 since we are working with two History teachers from CVCA to present a proposal to the Bd that will take CVCA off the turn-around list and out of the hands of AUSL privatizers.
Meeting with Rosita Chatonda at Operation PUSH at 4pm 1/3/12 on 50th in Drexel use southside glass door entrance.
Please attend and save our heritage and grassroot neighborhood schools from privatization -- even the kind lunchroom ladies have been fired.
Brizard Letter to CVAC
http://www.cps.edu/About_CPS/Policies_and_guidelines/documents/TransitionPlan/TurnAround/Parent_ChicagoVocCareerAcad.pdf
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