Parents, teachers, and others who are unhappy with the CPS proposal to close or turnaround 17 schools decided to take their grievances to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's doorstep yesterday — and not the one at City Hall.
The Chicago Public Schools announced yesterday that they will give $100,000
grant rewards to schools that effectively employ the longer school day
in the 2012-13 school year.
Governor Pat Quinn's proposed budget wants to cut the number of school districts in Illinois from 869 to no more than 300 within two years with the goal of saving $100 million.
