[Providence St. Mel] The lauded West Side high school — profiled in “The Providence Effect,” a documentary that hit the big screen last year — has long been considered a national model for urban education, sending 100 percent of its low- to...
The National Women’s Law Center filed complaints against 12 U.S. school districts where district data showed a double-digit gap between the percentage of female students and the percentage of female athletes. According to the complaint, that gap is 33 percentage...
Just got back from Gery Chico’s presentation of his plan to revive CPS. The 15 page plan handout can be found here if you’re interested. For those just looking for the bullet points: As the former head of the Chicago Public Schools Gery knows something...
Eight of 10 public high school juniors in Illinois weren’t considered ready for college classes in all subjects based on ACT testing last spring — and many students missed the mark even at posh suburban Chicago schools that graduate some of the state’s...
Two months into the school year, Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year’s deficit at $700 million. … Chicago Board of Education officials Tuesday were already estimating next school year’s deficit at...
