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Twenty-five years by the numbers
In the past two and a half decades, the number and types of schools in the Chicago Public Schools have risen dramatically even as enrollment has declined. The face of the student body and teaching...
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Four charter schools contest proposed closure
Five years ago, two teachers knocked on Precious Brewster’s door in Englewood to tell her about a new school in the community, Amandla Charter School. She liked what she heard and decided to enroll her...
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Threatened with closure, ChicagoQuest drops “gaming” focus
During a long and emotional meeting Wednesday night, Chicago International Charter School board members wrestled with a tough question: Should they close a campus that has performed poorly on most...
View Article1 in 10 CPS students a no show on PARCC
About one in 10 Chicago Public Schools students eligible to take Illinois’ new standardized test sat out the exam last spring, according to data the state released this week. That’s about 19,000...
View ArticleLow-income students left out of Illinois gifted programs: Report
In its debut, a recently rebranded Chicago education organization released research today showing that students who are low-income, black or Latino are significantly under-represented in gifted...
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Dual language programs to expand, but fears over money linger
When Dolores Cupp told parents at Hurley Elementary that the West Lawn school planned to launch a dual language program, she immediately saw a big spike in kindergarten enrollment—even before the...
View ArticleClosing the digital divide for all students
I attended a neighborhood public school in Chicago where, from a very early age, I felt the difference between technology haves and have-nots. As a teacher in the system, the impact of the same,...
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The question of tech equity
The red-brick building of Ashburn Community Elementary School sits on a quiet street of bungalows, two blocks from the commuter rail line that cuts through the city’s Far Southwest Side. The principal,...
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A $27 million market
When Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates spoke this spring to a packed ballroom of school leaders, education technology entrepreneurs and investors, he issued a startling...
View ArticleThe building blocks for digital learning
Six years ago, Chavez Multicultural Academic Center joined a district pilot program aimed at giving students more time in school in order to improve their academic performance. The pilot gave Chavez,...
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