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Chicago learning and inequity
Roughly 12% of Chicago residents age 16 to 24 are not working or in school. Black teens are most impacted.
The district’s plan calls for training on alternative discipline practices and aims to focus on the “root cause” of student behavior.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said the district’s new budget formula is an “important milestone.” But at some schools, parent and educator concerns are starting to percolate.
Chicago will offer the grants to students with disabilities who attend either public or private schools.
The joint initiative between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union provides up to $500,000 per school for wraparound services.
Federal COVID money has helped Chicago Public Schools avoid cuts and add staff and programs. What happens when the money is gone?
The ballot initiative to raise the real estate transfer tax on property sales over $1 million in order to raise revenue for homelessness and affordable housing was one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s key campaign promises.
Every school will have certain guaranteed staff, including an assistant principal, a counselor, and core classroom teachers, under a new funding formula officials plan to use starting next school year.
Dual language programs are meant to teach students in English and another language.
The public meetings are part of the district’s new Black Student Success Working Group, which CPS created to provide recommendations for improving Black children’s outcomes.
The board’s decision addresses a yearslong grassroots movement that has pushed the district to remove SROs from school campuses but didn’t come without pushback.
Chicago’s Board of Education to vote on removing police officers from schools
District officials said they’re working to get more teachers certified to teach English language learners.
As federal COVID funds run out, the district is grappling with how to pay for universal preschool going forward.
The district is providing CTA passes to migrant families who are homeless.
An analysis from the University of Chicago Crime Lab found 1 in 5 of more than 2,000 youth contacted participated.
Of Chicago’s 42 "exemplary" schools, five are majority-Black. Chalkbeat visited two to find out what sets them apart.
How much the district will try to change the city’s school choice system will depend on community feedback.
The Board of Education extended the contract with the troubled charter school network following a court order.
The move puts in motion Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign promise to reinvigorate neighborhood schools.