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Illinois school districts await $87 million owed after state overpaid Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Hundreds of Illinois school districts are awaiting their share of $87 million in funding mistakenly allocated to Chicago Public Schools, which has been asked to reimburse the state for the overpayment.

Chicago Tribune

Abolish Contributory Pension Scheme without further delay, teachers urge Jagan

They threaten to lay a siege to CMO on April 25 if government fails to so by then

The Hindu

CPS rejects effort to oust Jones College Prep Principal Joseph Powers

CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said Friday there was insufficient evidence to establish just cause to dismiss principal Joseph Powers after he was accused of violating policies by some members of the LSC.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Afternoon Edition: April 22, 2022

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

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Besotted’ driving instructor, 52, made TikTok account dedicated to 17-year-old student

Graham Mansie tried to pay dark web hackers to access teenager’s social media and created fake Instagram account after she blocked him

The Independent UK

Former vicar accused of vandalising MP's office cleared of criminal damage charge after case against him dropped

The Rev Mark Coleman was accused of spraying graffiti on the windows of Heywood and Middleton MP Chris Clarkson's office in an environmental protest

Manchester Evening News

CPS students’ self-portraits find impressive canvas: the Merchandise Mart

The artwork by members of the class of 2022 will be featured through Art on theMART twice nightly from Friday through May 4.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

EXCLUSIVE: In just six days, Melissa Lucio will be strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs that will kill her for a murder that she not only says she didn’t commit – but that experts say didn’t even occur. Her son Bobby Alvarez tells Rachel…

The Independent UK

Ex-Senn H.S. theater director pleads guilty to battery in student sex case

Joel Ewing, 42, was initially charged with sexual assault, but took a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a count of aggravated battery in a public place.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blac Chyna says she knows of no harm done her by Kardashians

Former reality TV star Blac Chyna testified that she had no personal knowledge of anything Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian or Kylie Jenner had said or done to harm her reputation

The Independent UK

CPS employee vaccine mandate reinstated by Illinois appellate court

The downstate court’s decision represents a win for CPS and lets officials resume enforcing their vaccine mandate while a lawsuit challenging the policy plays out.

Chicago Sun-Times

How ‘manipulator and fantasist’ James Watson nearly got away with murder

Detective who led reinvestigation recalls learning decision not to charge suspect had been reversed

The Guardian - UK

CPS security guard faces new sex abuse charges involving 2nd student

Tywain Carter, 29, was charged last month with sexually assaulting a then-15-year-old student on multiple occasions in November and December, the Chicago Sun-Times previously reported.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: April 20, 2022

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

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Joyce Kenner, CPS’ most prominent principal, to retire after 3 decades at Whitney Young H.S.

Kenner, 65, has become synonymous with Whitney Young Magnet High School over her 32 years at the highly prestigious selective enrollment school.

The Independent UK

Government vows to jail asylum seekers for steering dinghies across English Channel despite UN warning

UN Refugee Agency says asylum seekers who steer dinghies for no financial gain ‘are not smugglers and should not be prosecuted as such’

The Independent UK

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

Al Jazeera

CAR: ‘Historic’ trial kicks off, but not without challenges

The Special Criminal Court’s first trial could address a gap in accountability that has spurred decades of conflict.

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Chicago Sun-Times

It’s testing time in our schools. Standardized exams are a terrible way to measure student learning.

Our nation gives more authority to testing companies than it does to teachers. Multiple-choice questions reduce all of our students’ thinking to picking one correct fill-in-the-bubble answer.

Nottingham Post

65 offenders brought to justice this year for crimes with links to Nottinghamshire

The courts have been busier than ever

The Guardian - UK

Rochdale victim: ‘I was groomed at 14, then the courts came for my children’

Her evidence helped put abusers behind bars, yet ‘Amber’ was vilified by the authorities and says her torment will never end

Liverpool Echo

Police were ready to let dangerous rapist walk free until woman's bravery changed everything

SPECIAL REPORT : John Wood is now behind bars - but the case nearly ended very differently

The Independent UK

Ex-officer vows to bring private prosecution over shooting of Pc Yvonne Fletcher

Friends and colleagues of Yvonne Fletcher gathered at her memorial stone in central London to mark the 38th anniversary of her death.

Chronicle Live

Durham company fined £70k for involvement in bribery and corruption alongside former Coca Cola manager

Electron Systems Ltd, of Chester le Street, was sentenced to a £70,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of corruption and one count of failure to prevent bribery

Chicago Sun-Times

Vallas to decide by Memorial Day whether to enter 2023 race for mayor

In round one of the 2019 mayoral sweepstakes, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas finished with 5.43% of the vote. Vallas believes the outcome will be dramatically different if he runs again.

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