Photograph; as a designated "welcoming school," Johnson School of Excellence on the West Side got upgrades to technology. But only 34 students out of 145 from shuttered Pope Elementary are enrolled at the school, according to CPS figures | WBEZ/Linda Lutton By Linda Lutton | Originally Published [...]
By Lorraine Forte | Originally Published at The Huffington Post October 9, 2013 Any adult who was successful in school will likely remember that their parents played a defining role in that success. What happens during the roughly six-hour school day is only part of the learning [...]
Photograph; Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet By Lauren Fitzpatrick | Originally Published at Chicago Sun-Times October 1, 2013 9:46PM Chicago Public School officials have pledged not to close any more schools because of academic or enrollment problems for at least five years — but on Tuesday [...]
By Jessica Shiller | Learning on the Edge July 29, 2013 | Students stage a sit-in at Williams Elementary (Credit: OccupyCPS) The battles over school closings have been fierce nationwide. In Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, Baltimore, and Los Angeles, announcements of public school closings have been [...]
Photograph; Karen Lewis, center, president of the CTU is joined by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and United States Representative Bobby Rush, right, during a demonstration and march over the a plan to close fifty-four Chicago Public Schools through Chicago's downtown Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles [...]
The last day of school is usually one in which students and parents rejoice. It is thought of as a reprise, a temporary break taken before we come together again in the fall of the year. Never do we imagine that when school closes for the summer [...]
By Bob George and Betsy L. Angert | Published at EmpathyEducates. Today, Chicago Public Schools again asserted that there was a way to "improve" community schools, cut budgets, $52 million dollars worth. The decision to eliminate administrative and operational expenses is touted as a means to help [...]
Dearest Melissa Harris-Perry ... It's me, Betsy, one of your many Twitter followers, a viewer of your program, and a person who was honored to hear you speak at the last Rebuild The Dream Convention. As an Educator, I am grateful for your sharing what is so [...]
The city of Chicago is among many urban areas facing school closures as a result of budget cuts and declining student population. This has parents concerned about their kids' safety as they will have to travel farther to get to school. Kenwood Oakland parent Jeanette Taylor reminds [...]
