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Signaling a paradigm shift in a school system largely shaped by choice, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution Thursday to prioritize neighborhood schools in Chicago Public Schools ...
Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks before a march to demand that police officers be removed from schools in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2020.
The Chicago Board of Education serves as the board of education (school board) for the Chicago Public Schools. The board traces its origins to the Board of School Inspectors, created in 1837. The board is currently appointed solely by the mayor of Chicago. Between 2024 and 2027, the board is slated to transition to consist entirely of elected ...
The Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) was a Chicago public school reform project from 1995 to 2001 that worked with half of Chicago's public schools and was funded by a $49.2 million, 2-to-1 matching challenge grant over five years from the Annenberg Foundation. The grant was contingent on being matched by $49.2 million in private donations and ...
The election was planned after the state passed a law in 2021 that would create an elected school board. The new Board will eventually have 21 members, consisting of members from 20 districts and one at-large Board President . [ 2 ]
Sponsored by Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, HB5008 would allow high school Local School Councils to contract directly with CPD to employ school resource officers, known as SROs, through February 2027.
Chicago Public Schools were the most racial-ethnically separated among large city school systems, according to research by The New York Times in 2012, [47] as a result of most students' attending schools close to their homes. In the 1970s the Mexican origin student population grew in CPS, although it never exceeded 10% of the total CPS student ...
Chicago Public Schools have seen a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases this week. According to the district's COVID-19 dashboard, 653 staff members and 847 students have tested positive for COVID-19 ...