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42% of Chicago parents lack secure employment 79% of students CPS expels are Black Homelessness Has Nearly Tripled in CPS Since 2003 1,400 CPS Students Share One School Nurse 59% of CPS schools are triply segregated

42% of Chicago parents lack secure employment

The vast majority of CPS students, 87%, come from low-income households, but CPS and the City of Chicago have yet to seriously address poverty as an educational issue.
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79% of students CPS expels are Black

In the 2013-14 school year, when Black students were 37% of the district school population, they were 79% of those expelled and 75% of those suspended.
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Homelessness Has Nearly Tripled in CPS Since 2003

The number of homeless students in CPS has nearly tripled since 2003. Some 48 CPS schools have 20% or more Students in Temporary Living Situations. Half or more of the students in some schools are homeless.
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1,400 CPS Students Share One School Nurse

That is nine times the National Association of School Nurses recommended ratio. Out of 522 district-run schools, only 32 currently have School Based Health Clinics.
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59% of CPS schools are triply segregated

Race, socioeconomic status, and academic engagement form a segregation triple-threat that undermines achievement for CPS students.
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No longer publishing here

Nathan Goldbaum June 30, 2018 September 6, 2019Uncategorized
CTU researchers will continue to publish on our union website. After much consideration, staff of the Chicago Teachers Union—who had done the bulk of contributing and upkeep of this site—decided to focus our efforts elsewhere. You can continue to…

Education cannot be the “great equalizer” when unaffordable housing is an insurmountable barrier

Sarah Rothschild June 6, 2018 September 20, 2019Housing
The Chicago region’s homes are under water and it is not due to the annual flooding from the Des Plaines River. A new analysis from Zillow shows that Chicago ranks 2nd in the nation for the most homes that owe…

The Wrong Side of Ashland: Skinner, Dett and Brown

Pavlyn Jankov May 23, 2018 May 24, 2018Housing, Justice, Schools
Investment is flowing rapidly and visibly into the areas surrounding downtown Chicago. But many neighborhoods, some often just outside these zones of wealthy development, continue to shed jobs and public investment in a cycle of neglect. Chicago Public Schools had…

Environmental Racism Puts Our Students at Risk

Sarah Rothschild May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018Health, Housing, Schools
Environmental Racism protest, photo by Frank Thomas via Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke The appalling filth and environmental hazards in our schools are driven by decades of neglect, particularly in schools that serve Black and Brown children. But Chicago's working class communities of color have been dogged by generations of environmental racism, as well.
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