Behind the Data
How Illinois obscures racial disparities in school discipline data
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The state is legally required to publish data on the race and ethnicity of students who are disciplined in schools. Here’s why that’s not happening.
Education
As school discipline disparities worsen, Illinois has yet to require reforms
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The state has stalled on requiring school districts with the highest suspension and expulsion rates to improve.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Lawsuit seeks to stop school closing, alleging racial discrimination
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National Teachers Academy parents argue that Chicago’s plan is discriminatory towards the top-ranked South Loop school’s mostly low-income and African-American students.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Study: After mass school closings, impacted students lagged academically
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Although Chicago Public Schools promised a better education for thousands displaced by 2013’s closures, those students saw long-term negative effects, a sweeping report shows.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Private schools, poised to grow in Illinois, move into closed Chicago public schools
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The recent sales of four vacant schools to private school operators could stir more competition for the public school system as school choice initiatives gain support in the state and nation.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
For one black family, a cycle of school closings
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Poor students continue to bear the brunt of Chicago’s newly approved plans to shut down more public schools.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
When Chicago closed her kids’ school, she decided to fight back
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As Chicago Public Schools prepares to shut down more schools, it faces continued resistance from people like Irene Robinson, whose community was fractured by 2013’s mass closures.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Thousands of black students leave Chicago for other segregated districts
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Many families fleeing the poorest pockets of the city are ending up in cash-strapped school systems in the suburbs and northwest Indiana.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Closed schools could remain vacant without public subsidy
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Developers buying shuttered Chicago schools face stiff competition for tax credits that make their repurposing plans viable.
Education
English learners often go without required help at Chicago schools
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Many bilingual programs are violating state law by failing to provide adequate services to the district’s growing share of students whose native language is not English.