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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.
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.
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.
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.
A new study from the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that increasing the minimum wage would allow more workers to find affordable housing. Meanwhile, the number of low-wage jobs would…
This week, we’re reading about the pervasiveness of homelessness in Chicago and the forces that exacerbate it, how the federal health care debate impacts special education, and gun violence in Chicago.
1. Rahm Emanuel postpones briefings on CPS rescue :…
On May 1, 1886, 80,000 workers marched down Michigan Avenue in Chicago in support of the eight-hour day.
In the next few days, nationwide, 350,000 workers (including 70,000 in Chicago) went on strike at 1,200 factories. Since that time, May…
This week, we’re reading about CPS’s lack of plans to back their new mandates, how communities are fighting back against racist immigration policy, and how institutional racism impacts the ways students of color learn math.
1. What Will Happen if …