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.
Read moreRYH 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."
Read moreThis 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.
This Week in Ed 11.2.18: New CPS data breach impacts 70,000; Plus, school ratings madness
After a temporary CPS employee was fired, she downloaded a database containing names, employee ID numbers, phone numbers, addresses, birth dates, criminal histories and any records associating individuals with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Parents who were in the process of the CPS background check and school volunteer approval process and many CPS employees are saying they received an email last night from CPS indicating their data was downloaded by the former employee.
CBS 2: Fired CPS Employee Steals Personal Data Of 70,000 People, Charged With Multiple Felonies
Read moreRYH Supports A City Council Hearing on CPS Sexual Abuse
Since the Chicago Tribune uncovered the rampant sexual abuse cases in CPS, the district has taken steps to address glaring deficiencies in policies and procedures found by Maggie Hickey who was hired by CPS to do a thorough review of the district’s handling of sexual misconduct in schools and make policy recommendations.
Read moreThis Week in Ed 10.26.18: CPS will release school levels today
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Read moreThis Week in Ed 9.20.18 AND Raise a Glass for RYH! Less than 2 weeks away!
Why support RYH at our annual fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct 2, 5:30-8:30pm? A note from a CPS parent & member of our fundraiser committee:
Hello fellow public education supporter,
I have a photo from six years ago almost to the day: it's my family holding picket signs in the playground behind Ray School from when teachers went on strike over a longer school day and labor conditions. It reminds me of the school closing hearings, state budget fights, and assorted other CPS zaniness over the years. I believe Raise Your Hand keeps the people inside the Board of Ed building from going totally off the rails, which is one reason we helped plan a fundraiser to honor special education parents’ epic fight this past year and raise funds to support continued organizing on this issue and so many other issues on Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Read moreThis Week in Ed 9.13.18: Back to school party to support our work! Plus, back to school news!
We would be honored if you would join us and Raise a Glass for RYH on Tuesday, October 2, 5:30-8:30 in the “basement” of Lagunitas Brewery, 2607 W. 17th St.
Buy tickets here. Buy an ad in the program book here. You can still join the host committee here.
Our Facebook event page is here: please share on your Facebook page and invite your friends! We’ll see you there!
Read moreThis Week in Ed 8.24.18: CPS Board votes on updated policies re: volunteers in schools and student-teacher communication
The CPS BOE voted to update certain policies around student-teacher/staff communication through technology and vetting of volunteers. These policies come in the wake of the CPS sexual abuse scandal.
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