Maureen Kelleher
Chicago. Education. Writing. Priors: @FutureEdGu, @brightbeamntwk. Also on Bluesky: @[email protected] #binders
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1 month ago |
chicagoreader.com | Maureen Kelleher |Salem Collo-Julin
On Thursday, February 27, Lucy Salgado, mom of two students at Rufino Tamayo Acero School, a charter elementary school in Gage Park, knelt before the Chicago Board of Education and asked them not to close her children’s school. “I am begging you, hear me! . . . Don’t take their education away,” she told the board. Salgado was speaking off the cuff at the meeting. Over the last few months she’s had a lot of practice speaking to the board.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
chicagoreader.com | Maureen Kelleher |Salem Collo-Julin
On October 24, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s second handpicked group of seven local leaders were sworn in as members of the Chicago Board of Education. They succeeded the mayor’s previous board, all of whom suddenly announced their resignations on October 4, after months of disagreement among the board, the mayor, and Pedro Martinez, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). In January, the board will change again, expanding to 21 people.
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Oct 3, 2024 |
the74million.org | Thomas Toch |Maureen Kelleher
Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter As commentators have warned, a perfect storm of financial trouble — declining enrollment, outdated buildings and the end of federal pandemic-relief funds — is descending on many school districts. In response, education leaders from Boston to Seattle are eyeing school closures. The conventional wisdom is that shuttering aging buildings with few students makes economic sense.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
chicagoreader.com | Maureen Kelleher |Salem Collo-Julin
Since 1872, when Illinois created the Chicago Board of Education, all of Chicago’s school board members have been appointed by the mayor. But that will change on November 5, when Chicagoans will have their first-ever opportunity to vote for ten members of a new, 21-member school board, with the remaining 11 members still appointed by the mayor. In two years, the board will become a fully elected body.
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Jun 2, 2023 |
southsideweekly.com | Maureen Kelleher
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