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Tag: opportunities to learn

What We’re Reading: April 27th

Lauren Dean April 27, 2017 April 27, 2017Further Reading
Shelves of books in a library 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 …

Poverty Still Best Predictor of Achievement

Carol Caref June 23, 2015 March 15, 2017Schools
A Just Chicago makes the case that poverty and achievement (as measured by test scores) go together. A recent study by the Daily Herald and WBEZ confirmed that these correlations on a national level hold up in Chicago also. Despite…

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…
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