Project impact create excel- Chicago Institute 2012

"Between the violence in the streets and now the vitriol between CPS and CTU, children’s lives are hanging in the balance." http://bit.ly/SUlPjI

Board of Ed President Vitale got a tour of the school gardens at Lavizzo Elementary after helping ring in the 1st day.

Steve's school!

Amandla Charter School This school can receive up to $10,000 in Target GiftCards® for any supplies it needs. You can help. Vote now!

For those of you who participated in Nick's discussion @ the onion article, here's a response from a fellow TFA teacher.

http://teacherpop.org/2012/07/27/counterpoint-my-career-as-a-real-teacher-helped-educate-a-new-generation/

Counterpoint: “My Career As a Real Teacher Helped Educate a New Generation” I am a real teacher. My job in the classroom is a career, not a volunteer position, and my dedication to closing the achievement gap is for life, not just for a year. It pains me to even respond to...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-ctu-longer-school-day-being-scaled-backat-least-for-teachers-20120724,0,1125149.story

CPS to hire 477 teachers for longer school day Removing a major hurdle in the contentious contract talks with the teachers union, Chicago Public Schools agreed Tuesday to hire nearly 500 teachers so students can put in a longer school day without extending the workday for most teachers.

Interesting blog post, especially given some of the conversations we've had about grading this summer!

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2012/07/florida_cut_schools_for_sev.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnSpecialEducation+%28Education+Week+Blog%3A+On+Special+Education%29

Florida: Cut Schools for Severe Disabilities From Grading System Education Week reporter Nirvi Shah tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/charter_school_envy_0oh8SUU7Fv5y1CVeKCf0IK

Charter-school envy The Success Academy Charter Schools, which I run, are criticized for taking advantage of Mayor Bloomberg’s policy allowing us to use excess space available in the buildings of district-run schools.

Closing Ceremonies! ICE ICE! See you all at 8:30 tomorrow morning! Please don't forget to email your best photos to Amanda!

Excited to head to Pritzker College Prep tomorrow morning! Don't forget the bus leaves at 6:30am sharp! We can do it! (Don't worry, there's plenty of time to grab coffee before Kate's Vision for Literacy Session when we get back!)

Our ICE T-shirts came in today! Excited to get some use out of them! Don't forget, we're wearing them tomorrow night! ICE ICE Maybe!?

We won the Resource Library Challenge! And enjoyed some amazing Jamba Juice this afternoon! Woohoo!

Our bus leaves at 8:20am for the Toxic Tour in Little Village tomorrow! Can't wait!

http://lvejo.org/toxic-tours

Toxic Tours « Little Village Environmental Justice Organization 31st street activists asthma bus routes Celotex Chicago clean power coal COP16 Crawford CTA economic education environment Fisk global Greenpeace health risk Little Village LVEJO Mexico open spaces Pilsen power public transportation school social justice Solis students water water rights Clean Power...