Emily Krone
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Writing in schools isn't left behindApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Writing tests don't determine whether schools earn passing or failing marks under high-stakes accountability laws, but local educators continue to fight to keep writing ...
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40 years after King's death: Progress, but not perfectApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis. Forty years ago yesterday, the last full day of his life, Kin...
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Appeals court allows Degorski confession in Brown's caseMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A jury will be allowed to view a portion of the short videotaped confession by the second man charged in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders. In a 2-1 decision announced Mo...
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Latino advocacy group: Code enforcement won't prevent crowdingMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Aggressive code enforcement won't reduce overcrowding among Latinos living in the Chicago suburbs, a new report by a Latino advocacy group found. "(Ramping up enforcemen...
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Degorski tape decision in judges' handsMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Was Brown's Chicken murder suspect James Degorski still aware he had the right to remain silent after taking a nap while in police custody the day after he was arrested?...
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Tapes of interview with Brown's Chicken witness stay with NBCMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - NBC does not have to hand over information from a televised interview with the former girlfriend of a man accused in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders, a Cook County judg...
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Service union pushes school workers to organizeMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As part of a national campaign to swell their ranks by about 100,000 workers, union members have waged a battle against a private company that provides food and cleaning...
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Score disparity based on apples-to-apples comparisonMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To compare passing rates on eighth-grade and 11th-grade high-stakes tests, the Daily Herald combined the statistics of nine suburban high school districts and their resp...
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Why so many 8th-graders make the grade but later failMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban eighth-graders sail through state tests. But many of those same students struggle to make the grade once they reach high school. Most haven't lost real academic...
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Grading system change is keyMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - State officials confirmed Friday they will change the way high-stakes tests for high school students are graded. It's the latest in a string of adjustments -- some large...