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Petition drive for elected board falls short, Meeks makes a statewide attendance proposal and other education news
Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/brandon-beech/)
Petition drive for elected board falls short, Meeks makes a statewide attendance proposal and other education news
Bringing out students’ talents is an educational cornerstone of asset-based community development, an approach to neighborhood revitalization championed by the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University. The approach aims to use the strengths, skills and resources of local residents and institutions to improve a community and its schools.
Kids say more violence-prevention programs are needed in schools, but give adults low grades for stemming the violence epidemic.
Allan Alson, former executive director of the CPS Office of High School Transformation, is the new director of leadership development at the Consortium for Educational Change; CPS is slated to get $30 million less from Springfield this year