This Week in Ed 1.4.19: Happy 2019! THANK YOU, CPS Space Utilization Data, a Nursing Survey & Mayoral Forums!
Happy, Happy 2019! You are all an important part of RYH and we look forward to working with you to strengthen public education during this new year & beyond! Thank you so much for your participation AND a special shout out to all the donors who helped us raise more than $10,000 in our #RaiseOurVoices end of the year fundraising campaign! We far exceeded our goal and raised over $13,000!!! We’re also proud that we now have 43 monthly donors- we added 10 during this campaign. Wow!!! THANK YOU.
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A solid year of accomplishments...help us do more in 2019!
People who believe in public education as a public good must remain ever ready, present, and active to defend and promote policies that protect classrooms across our city and state. Thank you for being part of building power around a variety of public education issues in 2018
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CPS Nursing Care Survey / Cuestionario de atención de enfermería de CPS / 芝加哥公立学校 （CPS）护理服务调查问卷
(Spanish below. Español abajo. Chinese below & linked here: 芝加哥公立学校 （CPS）护理服务调查问卷 )
We are passing on this important message from Access Living:
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Listen to Jim Broadway! Donate today!
"Every person and organization involved in public education in Illinois benefits from RYH, from its unswerving dedication to its mission, from its sophisticated and effective efforts at the state Capitol in Springfield, from the continuous information flow in support of public schools. It's not an old group, but it is an influential one."
--Jim Broadway, State School News Service, December 12, 2018
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This Week in Ed 12.7.18: NTA Victory!
Congratulations to the NTA community on their historic victory; NTA will remain open as an elementary school! For details see #1 in our "public ed news this week" list below.
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This Week in Ed 11.30.2018: Aldermen Grill CPS on Sex Abuse at City Council Hearing
On Wednesday, City Council's Committee on Education and Child Development finally had a hearing "to address issue of sexual abuse and safety of children in Chicago Public Schools." You can find our thread of live tweets from the 3 hour hearing here. We spoke at the hearing and you can find our prepared statement here.
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RYH Statement: City Council Hearing on CPS Sex Abuse
On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, City Council's Committee on Education and Child Development finally had a hearing "to address issue of sexual abuse and safety of children in Chicago Public Schools."
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This Week in Ed 11.19.18: Parent Training Tonight! Updates on sped, data privacy, charters, and more!
Please join us tonight: Parent Training: Know Your Rights on 504 Plans vs. IEP Plans! Details and RSVP here.
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The ISBE Inquiry Letter: Deciphered for Parents
On Friday, November 9, the IL State Board of Ed (ISBE) finally released a letter to CPS parents and staff regarding the ISBE investigation into CPS special education practices and policies. Many schools still haven't shared the ISBE letter, and it is not that parent friendly.
RYH volunteer, Terri Smith, wrote a great fact sheet explaining why the ISBE Inquiry happened and containing many relevant links. It is an improved version of the CPS letter that went out so that parents can actually understand what happened.
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