The Chicago Board of Education yesterday approved a new admissions policy for the city's top schools, despite concerns from some critics that the move will make those campuses less diverse.
The new policy, which was changed slightly in recent weeks after heavy criticism, bases admission decisions for the city's magnet and selective enrollment schools on socioeconomic factors instead of race. Read more...
The Chicago Teachers Union has one request for the mayor as he begins the process to appoint a new school board president: Appoint an educator.
The union says naming an educator to head the Chicago Board of Education would give the board a better understanding of classroom dynamics and teacher needs. Read more...I'm looking to talk with parents whose children are applying to one of the city's selective enrollment or magnet schools?
The Chicago Public Schools has proposed a new policy governing applications to those schools, and I'd like to get a sense from parents of how it might work in real life. Read more...
A group of more than 20 black ministers are joining a growing coalition of parents and community members concerned over the slashing of an after-school tutoring program.
About 40,000 Chicago Public Schools students were cut from the program when the school board decided to waiver half of $115 million in federal funds for Title I students. Read more...Cook County commissioners yesterday honored Michael Scott, the Chicago Board of Education president who is suspected of committing suicide early this week.
Those who knew him gave tribute to the man they recalled as a dedicated public servant and a role model. Read more...
