Principals get first look at impact of Chicago’s new school funding formula
Principals received their school budgets for next year, the first under a new system that focuses on needs of schools, rather than enrollment.
Principals received their school budgets for next year, the first under a new system that focuses on needs of schools, rather than enrollment.
Che “Rhymefest” Smith’s district runs along the south lake shore. His opponent, Adam Parrott-Sheffer is a former principal. The election is in November.
Selective enrollment schools have roots in integration efforts — and the space race.
Historian Heather Ann Thompson sent copies of her Pulitzer Prize winning book to every prison library in Illinois after settling a lawsuit with the state.
Selective admissions started out as a way to integrate Chicago’s schools. It became a highly competitive program the school board wants to deemphasize.
Much of the public still knows little if anything about these elections, to be held in November, but groups are lining up to exert influence and educate.
The CTU says it’s shifting its target from City Hall to Springfield to demand more funding. But the state faces its own financial constraints.
In the first LSC election in 1989, more than 17,000 parents, teachers and community members ran for seats. Now, many schools struggle to find enough candidates.
A bus driver shortage that has plagued school districts nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic has persisted and forced officials to prioritize special education and homeless students as required by law.
As part of a larger effort to remake Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education moves ahead with its latest policy change.