
Nader Issa
Education Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times
Covering Chicago schools @Suntimes. Eating Takis at home. Leading @CSTGuild. Schooled @LoyolaChicago. Tips, insults, threats: [email protected] 🇱🇧
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Nader Issa
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. La Junta de Educación de Chicago renovó con retraso los contratos de 16 escuelas chárter el jueves, después de meses de demoras para reevaluar los criterios con los que se juzgan estas instituciones.
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1 week ago |
wbez.org | Nader Issa
Chicago’s Board of Education belatedly renewed contracts with 16 charter schools Thursday after months of delays to reevaluate the criteria by which charters are judged. Each of the schools received short renewal terms of between two and four years, giving the publicly funded but privately managed institutions a shorter leash under a mayor and school board that have ratcheted up scrutiny on charter operators.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Nader Issa
Chicago’s Board of Education belatedly renewed contracts with 16 charter schools Thursday after months of delays to reevaluate the criteria by which charters are judged. Each of the schools received short renewal terms of between two and four years, giving the publicly funded but privately managed institutions a shorter leash under a mayor and school board that have ratcheted up scrutiny on charter operators.
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1 month ago |
wbez.org | Nader Issa
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has launched an investigation into Chicago Public Schools, alleging that a plan meant to improve educational outcomes for Black children discriminates against other races. The federal inquiry follows a complaint lodged against CPS in February by Parents Defending Education, a right-wing Virginia-based group that has become a key national player in attempts to reshape American education.
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1 month ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Nader Issa
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has launched an investigation into Chicago Public Schools, alleging that a plan that’s meant to improve educational outcomes for Black children is discriminatory against other races. The federal inquiry follows a complaint lodged against CPS in February by “Parents Defending Education,” a right-wing Virginia-based group that has become a key national player in attempts to reshape American education.
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