Chicagoans give CPS a ‘C,’ say students are not learning enough
Parents and others don’t blame teachers. Instead, they see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges, a poll of 2,100 Chicagoans finds.
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Parents and others don’t blame teachers. Instead, they see the lack of learning as an effect of poverty and other challenges, a poll of 2,100 Chicagoans finds.
Chicago residents are divided over whether parents should be able to bypass their neighborhood school, and two-thirds want to prioritize funding those local schools.
“Things people don’t have to prep for and don’t think are a big deal are real-life issues for us,” said Laura Florek, a Northbrook mom of two young adults with autism.
District leaders will join teachers for a lobbying day in the state capital. Critics say the day away from classrooms is inappropriate.
The 6,000-square-foot space features “mummified” and replica dinosaur bones and great learning opportunities for the dino-curious.
The action began around daybreak Tuesday as campus police surrounded the university’s main quadrangle.
In 1963, nearly half of all Chicago students walked out of school to protest segregation and inequity, laying the groundwork for decades of protests to come.
Counter-protesters at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus reportedly tried to clash with protesters. Sixty-eight protestors were arrested at the School of the Art Institute.
The move is symbolic because CPS has the final say, but offers insight into how a new needs-based approach to distributing money is playing out.
“Fossil wonderland” opens in 6,000-square-foot facility that will also house life-sized 3D renderings of ancient animals and multipurpose areas for community programs.