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Father Pfleger celebrates birthday by standing on street asking Americans to put down guns

Father Pfleger celebrates birthday by standing on street asking Americans to put down guns

Envision A Closing School As Place To Live, Work and Play? You bet!

A closed school, made predominately of glass, an architecturual asset, to be transformed "as a place to live, work and play!"

The School Project * Aftermath of Chicago's 2013 School Closings

The School Project teams up with University of Chicago’s Consortium on Chicago School Research to revisit the aftermath of Chicago’s 2013 school closings. Second segment of unprecedented collaboration between Chicago’s top documentary and media companies premieres at University of Chicago on January 22nd.

 
CPS Attacks Excelling Clara Barton With Turnaround

Chicago Public Schools Board is arbitrarily clarifying Clara Barton Elementary School  for Turnaround status.  Usually the Turnaround process takes place after a school has been formally placed on probation and has a record of “no progress” in the deficit areas that placed the school on probation.  In the case of Clara Barton, they were not placed in this category nor were they ever on the Turnaround list.