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Posts related to the report’s section Our Students Deserve Equitably-Funded, Quality Education:

Questioning the Expansion of STEM and Military Programs in CPS

Sarah Rothschild June 15, 2015 June 19, 2015Justice, Schools
On June 5, the mayor announced a STEM pilot program at Phoenix Military Academy.  CPS already created a STEM program at Rickover Naval Academy in 2013.  It is not a coincidence that STEM is being promoted in military schools…

CPS Schools Need Full Time Nurses and STLS Liaisons

Carol Caref June 12, 2015 June 23, 2015Health, Housing, Schools
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,…

Black Boys Wrongly Placed in Special Education

Carol Caref June 8, 2015 June 10, 2015Schools
The Atlanta Black Star’s article “Six Reasons Black Boys Without Disability Wind Up in Special Education” gives readers some serious things to think about: Many Black boys who end up in special education do not have a…

Reforming justice and discipline in the streets and in the schools – but disparities persist

Pavlyn Jankov June 8, 2015 June 8, 2015Justice, Schools
Ticketing rates were up vs arrests for Chicagoans found in possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, and the ticketing rate was similar, a little less than 30 percent, across all races, according to the Sun Times. This…

School districts fail to address trauma

Pavlyn Jankov June 8, 2015 June 11, 2015Schools
A suit filed last month by students, parents and teachers of Compton Unified School District (CUSD) charges the school district for abrogating their responsibility to provide equal access to education for students who have experienced complex trauma. The class-action suit…
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