by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Education for careers is First Lady Jill Biden’s focus in her latest public appearance, at a student leader conference for National Apprentice Week in Chicago on Monday. “Education has always been about jobs. And it isn’t a red issue or a blue issue. It’s an...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | News, Student Issues
Illinois youth have taken sexual health education into their own hands with a group-written handbook. “Shattering the Taboo” is the title of a sex education handbook written by a coalition of Chicago students, meant to help de-stigmatize teaching what teenagers need...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
The Chicago Board of Education has reached a $9.25 million settlement in a discrimination case over a series of layoffs that took place in 2012-14. In those years, the CBE enacted “turnaround” procedures as a matter of policy at 18 schools which were not meeting goals...
by Sarah Green | Jun 15, 2018 | News, Student Issues
In 2013, Chicago’s school district had a $1 billion hole in their budget. The deficit was years in the making, despite numerous local tax levies passing to try to fill it. When the district closed 50 schools as a result, they promised the families of relocated...
by Sarah Green | Sep 6, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Chicago has one of the largest public school districts in the United States, with nearly 400,000 students in 660 schools. Their graduation rate is historically low, recent improvements bringing it up to 73 percent, still 10 percentage points below the national...
