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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

CTU's Report on Schools Chicago's Students Deserve

Teachers For Social Justice: CTU's Report on Schools Chicago's Students Deserve:


CTU's Report on Schools Chicago's Students Deserve

(Click here to download the full report.)
Back in the middle of this past February, the Chicago Teachers Union released a comprehensive report that offers research-based policy recommendations to improve student academic performance and to strengthen neighborhood schools. Chicago Public School (CPS) parents, Local School Council leaders, clergy and educators joined the CTU in supporting this proposal. The following is the executive summary from that report:
The Schools Chicago's Students Deserve is a new Chicago Teachers Union study which argues in favor of proven educational reforms to dramatically improve the education of more than 400,000 students in a district of 675 schools.
These reforms are desperately needed and can lead