A state appeals panel has reversed the firing of a tenured Chicago Public Schools teacher after finding that her dismissal was based largely on hearsay. The longtime teacher was accused by a 10-year-old student of pushing and choking him in October 2008. The student was not present at the teacher’s hearing in 2009 in front of the Illinois State Board of Education. In a 30-page opinion written by Justice Robert E. Gordon, the 1st District Appellate Court panel ruled that the board violated the teacher’s …