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History of education in Chicago covers the schools of the city since the 1830s. It includes all levels as well as public, private and parochial schools. For the recent history since the 1970s see Chicago Public Schools. Children returning to class following a fire drill at a Chicago elementary school, 1973. Photo by John H. White.
Beginning with modest structures in the early nineteenth century, Chicago's schools have performed an increasing variety of functions, from providing literacy to monitoring health and physical development, Americanizing immigrants, and addressing problems of social and economic inequality.
Chicago becomes official with its first city charter. 1854. John Dore, a Boston teacher and principal, becomes Chicago’s first school superintendent. 1870. Public school enrollment stands at more than 27,000 students. 1872. Illinois creates the Chicago Board of Education.
This collection contains the type-written pages of Histories of the Public Schools in Chicago, which provides a one-page compilation of basic information about each Chicago Public School. Charles S. Winslow compiled this information around 1939.
School desegregation became an issue in Chicago during the years following World War II, as the city's African American neighborhoods expanded and school officials adjusted boundary lines to assure that school districts remained as segregated as the housing market.
The City of Chicago and its Board of Education have a long history of perpetuating segregation, starting with an 1863 city ordinance that required Black and White students to attend separate schools.
An 1857 reorganization created a board of education with 15 members appointed by the city council. The board's responsibility was broadened in 1863 when the state stipulated that each subdistrict in the city should provide free education in at least one school for children over five years old.
which events belong on the timeline—and why are they important to Chicago history? Your students can take the time line into the future, too. They can project the choices
History and Context Timeline for Education Reform in Chicago. Like other urban school districts, CPS has undergone profound changes over the past three decades. A timeline of forces that shaped reform efforts begins three decades ago:
In 1986, Mayor Harold Washington convened an education summit that became the impetus for 25 years of reform—in three eras, identified by the Consortium on Chicago School Research. Chicago...