Chicago school protest ends; governor OKs meeting

The state senator who led a school boycott to protest underfunded Chicago schools cut it short after two days and said Thursday he will be talking to Gov. Rod Blagojevich soon to discuss solutions.

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Call for Chicago students to skip 1st school day

Community leaders on Monday called on students from poorer parts of Chicago to protest inequalities in school funding by skipping the first day of classes.

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If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education." In the 19th century, America led the way in universal basic education.

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To understand the fallout for school kids, it makes sense to start in the woods with a logger -- like Jerry DeBriae. Actually we're in his truck headed out to the woods. The CB radio squawks, DeBriae's black lab Chip rests his head on the center console.

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As a college professor who specializes in teaching mathematics to background deficient students, I was in shock reading, "Facing violence, a shrinking student body, and graduating just one out of every four students who enter the ninth grade on time, the city's [Detroit] scho …

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Now that the Senate has passed its version of the recovery and reinvestment bill, the conference committee will have to work out the discrepencies between the House and Senate bills.

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Democrats are proposing to fund public schools with millions of dollars to shore up districts strapped for cash, growing student populations, and lack of adequate teacher training to make a difference.

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This article is about much more than sports and I would categorize it differently if that wasn't its focus. The fact is African-Americans in the South are still marginalized, Jena and Katrina were not anomalies.

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CHICAGO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Education officials say bake sales are on the wane as hundreds of U.S. school districts try to limit the amount of junk food consumed by students.

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A Chicago Urban League lawsuit challenging the school funding disparity between rich and poor districts is a "constructive" alternative to the student boycott championed by State Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago), Mayor Daley said today.

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A new school is nearing completion, as voters decided to decline funding for operations -- it will be closed while other schools are crowded.

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As the economy and budget restrictions pressure school systems, some are looking at unconventional ways to raise funds. School Board in Henderson. Ky may jump into B-I-N-G-O sponsorship.

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A Boston city councilor is raising concerns about a pilot school's proposed curriculum and its ties to an arm of Scientology, while a prestigious Hub charitable foundation is taking a second look at its grant to help launch the controversial school.

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Birthing Pains

Now we are one year and three weeks into this journey in institution building. Things are getting dark, especially my mood. Things are getting better though, I often fail to notice our little triumphs.

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$10 billion today .... $0 in 2024. Good plan.

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Even with increased funding this year, Michigan schools continue to cut staffing and programs, and many are dipping into rainy-day funds to avoid financial disaster.

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More than a fourth of the nation's schools failed to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Law last year, according to preliminary numbers reported to the Department of Education.

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In a public school system where many of the schools have to be funded by corporations, which leads to giant Chase Bank logos painted on the hallway walls, this kind of behavior is absolutely disgusting.

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Meetings were held in Connecticut to address funding and staffing requirements for NCLB. Special consideration was made for special education programs.

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