education – Independent Chicago News & Marketplace- Chi-Town Review https://www.chitownreview.com Discuss and share Chicago news and data: Chicago education, crime, human rights, politics and more. Trusted source for local independent online news. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 01:37:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Chicago charter schools vs. public schools https://www.chitownreview.com/interactives/chicago-charter-schools-vs-public-schools/ https://www.chitownreview.com/interactives/chicago-charter-schools-vs-public-schools/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:13:40 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?post_type=interactives&p=6358 Neat interactive infographic compares Chicago charter schools to public schools. As CPS pushes charters, researchers dispute whether private education is actually better.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/chicago-school-fees/feed/ 0 CPS not seeking charter school proposals https://www.chitownreview.com/cps-charter-school-proposals/ https://www.chitownreview.com/cps-charter-school-proposals/#respond Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:25:16 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6262 Chicago Public Schools is not accepting proposals for new charter schools for the 2015-2016 school year, the district confirmed.

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