Posts related to the report’s section Our Students Deserve Better Access to Whole Health Care:
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. 
In Washington, the Senate is getting ready to vote on the Republicans’ new legislation which would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. This bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would also strip important federal funding away from special… 
The Asbestos Nation campaign of national watchdog the Environmental Working Group recently issued a report and interactive map on the continued prevalence of asbestos in CPS schools. In total, 184 CPS schools had asbestos-laden materials that needed to be repaired… 
This submission was made by a CPS counselor/case manager, working in a school that received students from the massive 2013 school closings.
With the demands of a caseload of 150 students as well as my duty as the school counselor,… 
