Q&A: Mayor Johnson explains what is behind his plans to remake CPS
Johnson rejects what he calls a system of winners and losers. He plans to pressure Springfield to fully fund schools — but didn’t articulate a backup if that falls through.
Johnson rejects what he calls a system of winners and losers. He plans to pressure Springfield to fully fund schools — but didn’t articulate a backup if that falls through.
With an elected school board coming, Johnson’s appointed board is pushing for more funding and changes on school choice and police in schools.
For their isolated community, the students want a grocery store, a tech store, public art and a park that “just brings families together,” one student said.
Many people who do violence prevention work have criminal records that would bar them from working in schools. Some say the law should be changed.
The mayor tells the Sun-Times and WBEZ he will give the Board of Education the green light to end its contract with the Chicago Police Department.
Charter schools have faced increasing scrutiny and shorter renewal terms in recent years as calls grow for accountability, particularly around special education and finances. The board renewed contracts Thursday with 49 schools for terms between one and four years.
Charter schools face a reckoning Thursday as a skeptical Board of Education considers contract renewals for 49 schools that serve about 28,300 kids.
Black students bypass neighborhood schools for other options more than any other group. Two moms explain their different choices.
The program targets school-aged teens who have been out of class for at least a year and are at higher risk of being involved in gun violence.
The parents owned several properties in Chicago and used those addresses in enrollment materials to lie about where they lived, the CPS IG said.