In The Headlines

In the News: Six-figure teacher pay; school reform a major voting issue 7/15/2010 - By Cassandra West Catalyst Notebook In In the News A Tribune analysis of public school teachers' salaries finds that the Chicago region has the heaviest concentration of six-figure teachers in Illinois...

While Chicago Gun Rights Supporters Celebrate, City Tries To Enforce Other Gun Restrictions 7/15/2010 - By Personal Liberty News Desk The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) held a rally last week to celebrate the recent United States Supreme Court decision in McDonald v Chicago that struck down a long-standing city gun ban.

	Illinois schools find ways to curb bullying - 7/14/2010 Chicago Tribune
	Illinois Lottery reports over 2 billion in sales - 7/13/2010
	Teens hit the books to get ahead with summer school - 7/13/2010 Chicago Tribune
	In the News: School taxation inequities challenged; public education's 'quiet revolution' - 7/13/2010
	CPS Parents Hammer Daley, Huberman on Tax Increment Financing - 7/12/2010 Chicago Public Radio
	Daley gets heat on pick for CPS education post - 7/12/2010 Chicago Sun-Times
	Dist. 203 explored other options before reaching deal with unions - 7/9/2010 Daily Herald
	Namaste Charter School Breaks New Ground in Childhood Obesity Prevention - 7/9/2010
	Construction strike slowing work at Batavia High School - 7/9/2010
	Striking union workers resume renovation of Naperville school - 7/9/2010 Chicago Tribune
	Carson: Trib warns of excess self-esteem, but it's all that's left for CPS - 7/8/2010
	Concerns rise as strike continues - 7/7/2010 Chicago Tribune
	School heads deal with budget cuts - 7/5/2010 Alton Telegraph
	School Board Unanimously Approves Huberman Plan - 6/18/2010 NBC- Chicago
	Insiders: CPS social worker who donated kidney will keep job - 6/18/2010 WBBM-AM
	CPS summer vacation starts, 'Silence the Violence' rally planned - 6/18/2010 WBBM-AM
	CPS teachers resist bigger class sizes - 6/16/2010 ABC 7 Chicago
	Fewer Chicago teachers making the grade - 6/15/2010 Chicago Tribune
	Chicago school board approves teacher layoffs - 6/15/2010 ABC 7 Chicago
	Five Teachers Vie for Head of Chicago's Teacher's Union - 5/20/2010 Chicagoist
	Water, water everywhere: Flooded basements, closed streets batter Lake Forest and Lake Bluff - 5/20/2010 Lake Forester
	Officials: Minor injuries in Ill. bus-semi crash - 5/20/2010 Chicago Tribune

Features

Tighter Controls Over "Principal Picks" at Elite City High Schools 3/18/2010 - By Linda Lutton - Chicago Public Radio Principals at Chicago's top public high schools can handpick five percent of their students. Today the district is announcing tighter controls for how those kids can be selected.

	Teen makes herself at home in classroom 7/16/2010 - By By Lolly Bowean - Chicago Tribune Tinley Park girl overcomes family struggles to become one of 37 in Cook County to receive Pullman scholarships
	In the News: CPS seeks more fresh fruits, vegetables; stimulus funds aided districts' budgets 7/16/2010 - By Cassandra West Catalyst Notebook Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality, the major food service provider for Chicago Public Schools...

	Ill. teachers find creative writing inspiration - 7/15/2010 Chicago Tribune
	Nonprofit turns students into stars - 7/9/2010 Chicago Tribune
	2 Investigators, BGA Uncover CPS Free Lunch Fraud - 7/8/2010 CBS - Chicago
	Teacher: CPS layoffs set a 'dangerous precedent' - 7/6/2010 Chicago Sun-Times
	Lesbian teacher breaks barriers, honored for work - 6/16/2010 Windy City Times
	'Transformers 3' to bring $20 million, 200 jobs to Chicago - 6/16/2010 Chicago Sun-Times
	Teachers to picket School Board vote - 6/15/2010 Chicago Sun-Times
	Teens take up texting-while-driving ban - 5/19/2010

Multimedia

"At Issue" program discusses education in Illinois 12/30/2004 - WTVP - Peoria Education is the hot issue in Peoria and across Illinois. WTVP's "At Issue" program focuses on Illinois education with guests Ron Gidwitz, Jeff Mays and State Rep. Mike Smith.

Editorial: High schools need updating more than total overhaul 1/19/2007 - Daily Herald Even if it's been many years since you graduated from high school, you might not feel terribly out of place if you were to stroll the halls and visit the classrooms of your local high school today. True, kids now walk around with iPods and cell phones, and some dress in ways that never would have passed your parents' out-the-door morning inspection.

School layoffs will shuffle some jobs 4/24/2006 - By Graydon Megan - Daily Herald Tom Wiedemann counts himself among the fortunate employees of Arlington Heights-based High School District 214.