Founder Of Chicago’s Biggest Charter School Abruptly Steps Down
Noble Schools CEO says he is retiring for personal reasons. In a public letter, the board president added, “this is best for Noble as well.”
Noble Schools CEO says he is retiring for personal reasons. In a public letter, the board president added, “this is best for Noble as well.”
Parents say a CPS principal accused of fudging attendance records should stay. They say it unfairly hurts the school at a critical moment.
Dismissal proceedings have begun for a principal who led the merger of two Near North Side public schools across racial and economic lines.
New bottom ratings by Illinois for some Chicago schools conflict with Chicago Public Schools’ top ratings for the same schools.
Chicago Public Schools enrollment is down for the seventh straight year. Since closing 50 schools in 2013, CPS has lost 42,000 kids.
It’s not unusual to enroll a child in kindergarten at age 6, one year late. But, as one mom found out the hard way, CPS forbids it.
The school district is slated to get extra cash from special taxing districts called TIFs. CPS likely will use it to avoid some borrowing.
Downtown Chicago emptied Friday in anticipation of a verdict in the Jason Van Dyke trial, but demonstrations were mostly peaceful.
Some 65 percent of grads go to college, up 20 percent since 2010. Much of the growth is due to higher City Colleges of Chicago enrollment.
It was a big deal this summer when Chicago’s schools chief pledged to add 160 social workers. So far, less than a quarter are in place.