Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/author/becky-vevea/)
A chart and map created by WBEZ and Catalyst Chicago shows where schools have been closed or turned around in the past decade, what’s become of the old buildings and how well the new schools in those buildings are performing.
If a budget is a document that shows an organization’s priorities and direction, the CPS budget released last week reveals in stark black-and-white the undercurrent of much of the discussion so far: District officials are directing resources—and students—to magnet, specialty, selective and charter schools. An interactive map (below) created by WBEZ/Chicago Public Media and Catalyst Chicago showsthe school-level impact of the budget.