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Chicago students stage protest following Halloween costume controversy

CHICAGO — Jones College Prep students gathered for a sit-in Monday following controversy around a student who attended the school in a German military costume for Halloween and made gestures seen as antisemitic. The school’s lack of response to the incident prompted the protest, where students called for change in…

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CPS faces $600M financial cliff as costs shift to schools with no long-term funding plan in place

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved millions in pensions and other costs to CPS before it becomes independent, run by an elected board. Those new payments and longstanding financial challenges could lead to dire choices once federal pandemic relief runs out.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago principal removed after student dressed up as Nazi for Halloween and saluted booing students

Students booed the boy while he goose-stepped across the stage during a costume display

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Chicago principal removed from duties over response to student dressed up in apparent Nazi uniform on Halloween

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that Jones College Prep Principal Joseph Powers has been removed from “principal duties, effective immediately, pending the results” of an investigation into his response to a student who came to school on Halloween dressed in a German military uniform, goose-stepped across a stage…

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Jones Prep principal suspended amid uproar over goose-stepping student in German soldier’s uniform on Halloween

“We should have handled the incident with greater care,” the school’s principal, Joe Powers, told parents in an email earlier Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bears hosted 1st girls flag football championship in Illinois. Officials want to make the game an IHSA-sanctioned sport by 2024.

CHICAGO — Kenwood Academy High School senior Kennedy Scott started tossing around the football with her twin brother in 2021 when he was getting ready to play tackle football for Urban Prep Academy.

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Police officers get jail terms over WhatsApp group featuring Wayne Couzens

The pair have been granted bail ahead of an appeal for ‘grossly offensive’ messages sent before Couzens killed Sarah Everard.

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Ranking the top basketball coaching jobs in the Public League

Coaches throughout the Public League, both past and present, along with others with strong ties to city basketball, were polled.

Chicago Sun-Times

Almost 75,000 defendants awaiting crown court trial, says head of CPS

Budget cuts would be ‘catastrophic’, warns Max Hill, director of public prosecutions for England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Joey Barton cleared of assaulting wife as judge rules he could not get fair trial

Court heard Georgia Barton had written to prosecutors claiming she and her husband had been drinking ‘about four or five bottles of wine each’

The Independent UK

Don’t panic over the latest student test scores

Put aside any handwringing or finger-pointing about low test scores on state and national tests. Use it as motivation to focus on doing what it takes to get students back on track.

Chicago Sun-Times

Driver’s EV: ComEd donates electric cars to handful of Chicago high schools

Power company has directed $700,000 to 14 schools across the state to bring electric vehicles and charging stations to high schools.

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Staffing grows in Chicago Public Schools even while enrollment drops

The increase is meaningful in a district that has often had to do without. But vacancies are still a challenge, especially in schools with many low-income students.

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For Chicago schools parking deal, Board of Ed turned to Lori Lightfoot fundraiser

Carmen A. Rossi’s Chicago Parking Solutions got a two-year contract to park cars at more than a dozen schools even though the school system said another company put in a better bid.

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Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s newest progressive challenger, contends she’s ‘disconnected ... with working people’

CHICAGO — Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson will run for Chicago mayor, adding another progressive challenger to the field of 2023 candidates and raising the prospect of a rematch between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

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Illinois student test scores remain far below pre-pandemic levels in reading and math

Students in all racial and ethnic groups saw their scores drop since 2019, exacerbating historic achievement gaps between white and Asian students and other students of color.

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Student achievement has plummeted since COVID-19. Parents must be part of fixing that.

The latest scores from the National Assessment of Education Progress show steep learning loss during the pandemic. If the district is serious about addressing the problem, parent engagement is essential.

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Chicago Public Schools to take over celebrated Chicago all-boys charter school

The two Urban Prep campuses will stay open for students, but CPS took the charter away from its leaders, citing a litany of issues.

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West Rogers Park school drops its slaveowner namesake

The school becomes the third — and second named after a slaveowner — to change its name since a Chicago Sun-Times review in late 2020 found 30 CPS schools are named after slaveholders.

The Independent UK

Gaia Pope’s family accuse state of ‘gaslighting’ them since her death

‘Every step of the way it has got worse, every bit of the picture that has been revealed has got uglier,’ Gaia Pope’s cousin says

Chicago Sun-Times

Urban Prep faces CPS takeover, veterans home endures another COVID outbreak and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Lauded all-boys charter school faces Chicago Public Schools takeover

CPS wants to take over Urban Prep Academies in an unprecedented move to wrest control from its troubled leaders while trying not to displace students.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Schools graduation rate hits record high

CPS leaders also said that nearly 89% of last year’s freshmen are on track to graduate. This measure reflects how many freshmen are passing their core classes.

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone wants to get involved’: inside a new police approach to tackling rape

Operation Bluestone aims to put suspects at centre of investigations while better supporting victims

Daily Mirror

Killer questioned over Suzy Lamplugh murder as he bids to walk free from jail

John Cannan, 68, has now served his minimum 35-year prison sentenced for the 1987 murder of newlywed Shirley Banks but has been linked to Suzy's 1986 murder for decades

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