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    A closer look at the new CPS CEO
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    		Windy City Media Times

    Recently, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel announced the latest edition to his team, new Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Jean-Claude Brizard.

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    Parents group urges return to recess
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    		Playtime has benefits, North Side coalition says

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    CPS holds first hearing on school consolidations
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    		The first of a series of hearings on proposed Chicago Public School consolidations began Wednesday night.


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    Rochester students impressed by new intermediate school .
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    		ROCHESTER - Principal Laurie Lundin stood in the gym of the new Rochester Intermediate School, smiled and asked the fifth-graders sitting in the bleachers, "Well, what do you think?"

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    In The Headlines
    Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel Pushes Big Changes at CPS
    4/27/2011
    FOX Chicago

    Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel wants big changes for Chicago Public Schools.

    Parents want a voice on school issues - 4/28/2011
    Chicago Sun-Times
    CPS approves consolidations of schools, but will not seek tax abatement - 4/28/2011
    Chicago Tribune
    Ill. school district has tires slashed on 26 buses - 4/27/2011
    Chicago Tribune
    School Reformer Michelle Rhee Endorses New CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard - 4/27/2011

    Tom Wilson: Knox County school among first to bus students - 4/26/2011
    Galesburg Register-Mail
    Ill. students win $20,000 college scholarship - 4/8/2011
    Belleville News Democrat
    Make a name for Joliet school - 4/8/2011
    Joliet Herald News
    SPOTLIGHT: Ill. Farm Bureau teaches ag to students - 4/8/2011
    Chicago Tribune
    The Fight For Recess in Chicago Schools - 4/7/2011
    NBC- Chicago
    Rockford students make state scholars list - 4/7/2011
    WREX-TV
    2 local schools cited for safe driving efforts - 4/7/2011
    Galesburg Register-Mail
    Libertyville High School FBLA Members Receive Honors at State Leadership Conference - 4/7/2011
    The Beacon News
    Naperville high school students win holiday window contest - 12/22/2010
    Daily Herald
    District 181 students complete several holiday service projects - 12/22/2010
    Pioneer Press
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