School and housing segregation, and their detrimental effects on students, are directly linked. A report by Richard Rothstein reveals the role of the federal government in promoting housing segregation.
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,…
Why does it take a rock festival attended mostly by young white people to wake the city up to the disinvestment on the west side? Both aldermen whose wards cover Douglas Park are hoping that Riot Fest will bring much…
As A Just Chicago documents, health issues such as lead poisoning contribute to students’ problems in school. Not surprisingly, lead poisoning disproportionately impacts poor students. As the Chicago Tribune reports,
Children ages 5 and younger continue to be harmed…
A new study confirms the impact that structural disadvantage and segregation has on life opportunity. Based off of the long-studied Moving To Opportunity experiment, the results show that for children from low-income households, moving to a better neighborhood before their…