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2 Investigators: Chicago Schools Flunk Food Inspections

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CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Public Schools are constantly being scrutinized for improving test scores and academic standards. But who’s watching to make sure the school’s kitchens and lunchrooms are being kept up to safety standards? CBS 2’s Pam Zekman reports.

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Melting the Rubber Stamp: Chicago’s Unelected Board of Education

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By joel • Sep 12, 2012 • Print-Friendly The seven members of Chicago’s Board of Education, along with CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, are, in theory, responsible for the governance of the city’s schools. In reality, they are only accountable to the man that appointed them—Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As anyone who has …

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Who Should Have Access to Student Records?

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Education data can be useful, but privacy experts are concerned about data misuse. By Jason Koebler January 19, 2012 Since “No Child Left Behind” was passed 10 years ago, states have been required to ramp up the amount of data they collect about individual students, teachers, and schools. Personal information, …

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Daley rips U.S. snub on education funds

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Illinois shut out of bucks by agency run by former CPS chief September 16, 2010BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com Mayor Daley on Wednesday blasted a federal education bureaucracy run by former Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan over the process that culminated in Illinois being shut out from …

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Chicago schools budget approaching the stimulus

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Posted By John Myers On Thursday, February 25, 2010 In an unusual effort to solicit public input on the budget, Gov. Pat Quinn yesterday proposed $2 billion in cuts to education along with grim revenue estimates for a state awash in $13 billion of red ink. Notably missing from revenues …

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The Stew: Chicago Public Schools pile unrecycled foam trays and toss tons of fresh fruit

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February 08, 2010 Posted by Monica Eng If you follow Tribune watchdog stories, you know I’ve spent much of the last year whining about all the nachos, doughnuts and cookies kids are fed in school districts all over the state but especially in Chicago Public Schools. This week I’m spotlighting …

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