Our perspective: Parents, schools scrambling without low-income scholarships

By Hilary Gowins

02/12/2024

State lawmakers failed to save the Invest in Kids program allowing nearly 10,000 low-income students to attend a school that better fit their needs. Now some of those schools are being forced to close and families are left with poor options.

Chicago’s chronic school absences hit Hispanic students hard

By Hannah Schmid

02/06/2024

Absenteeism rates among Hispanic students in Chicago Public Schools are chronically high. Proficiency in reading and math is low.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

By Josh Bandoch

01/25/2024

Published Jan. 25, 2024

More than 2-in-5 Chicago low-income students chronically absent

By Hannah Schmid

01/24/2024

Chronic absenteeism rates are higher in Chicago than statewide, with 44% of low-income Chicago students missing at least 10% of their days in school.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Teachers Union kills excelling schools to force students into dysfunction

By Hannah Schmid

12/15/2023

The Chicago Board of Education approved a resolution on Dec. 14 which will eliminate selective enrollment schools in the Chicago Public Schools district. It is yet another attempt by the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies to limit parents’ choices in their children’s educations.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Voters oppose Chicago mayor’s tent city plan over 2 to 1

By Dylan Sharkey

11/15/2023

New polling shows Chicago voters mostly oppose Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan for using tent cities to house asylum-seekers in the city.

Black, Brown Chicago neighborhoods endure highest poverty rates

By Bryce Hill

11/08/2023

Minority neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side and West Side face poverty rates of up to 51%.

Poverty highest for Black, Asian Chicagoans; lower for white, Hispanic residents

By Bryce Hill

11/03/2023

Poverty in Chicago’s Black community is on the rise despite falling to record lows nationally.

Chicago Public Schools dysfunction hits low-income, minority students

By Hannah Schmid

11/02/2023

Spring test data shows low-income and minority students in Chicago Public Schools continue to record low proficiency rates. The Chicago Teachers Union wants to kill a school choice program that could help those students.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s new attack on charter schools

By Paul Vallas

10/26/2023

Chicago Public Schools’ decision to significantly shorten the number of years charter schools are allowed to operate before their charters are up for renewal is the latest Chicago Teachers Union effort to destroy public school choice.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

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Our perspective: Parents, schools scrambling without low-income scholarships

Chicago’s chronic school absences hit Hispanic students hard

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

More than 2-in-5 Chicago low-income students chronically absent

Chicago Teachers Union kills excelling schools to force students into dysfunction

Voters oppose Chicago mayor’s tent city plan over 2 to 1

Black, Brown Chicago neighborhoods endure highest poverty rates

Poverty highest for Black, Asian Chicagoans; lower for white, Hispanic residents

Chicago Public Schools dysfunction hits low-income, minority students

Vallas: Chicago Teachers Union’s new attack on charter schools

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