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Attendance Bill, Petitions for Elected Board
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Petition drive for elected board falls short, Meeks makes a statewide attendance proposal and other education news
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Focusing on the assets
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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.
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Claude Robinson, Jr., Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network
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Kids say more violence-prevention programs are needed in schools, but give adults low grades for stemming the violence epidemic.
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Comings and Goings
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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