The district’s most vulnerable students often end up in alternative schools that are especially under-resourced to cope with the trauma of gun violence.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
EXPLAINER: This is how the Chicago teachers contract talks broke down
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Despite common ground with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, disagreement on Chicago Public Schools’ financial position and who manages control over staffing decisions is pushing the teachers union to strike.
Perspectives
All Chicago Public Schools’ educators want is everything that our students deserve
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I would rather teach and be in the classroom but I’m ready to strike — for every single one of my students, for all my future students and my two sons in CPS.
Perspectives
How to increase access to gifted programs for low-income and black and Latino children
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New York City could be on the verge of dismantling gifted programs at its elementary and middle schools. Taking that step could make things even worse for some of the children it aims to help.
Perspectives
Historically black colleges give graduates a wage boost
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Graduates of historically black colleges and universities make more than peers who went to other schools, according to new findings that refute prior research that showed they suffer a ‘wage penalty.’
Education
How low expectations force low-income students to miss out on college aid
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High-achieving students at East Aurora High School say they were “undermatched” and missed out on generous financial aid packages from selective universities because they were not properly guided or encouraged to apply to them.
Perspectives
We need more teachers of color, so why do we use tests that keep them out of the classroom?
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Despite the known benefits of black students having black teachers, teacher license exams often stand in the way – even though they don’t predict which teachers will be effective, a scholar says.
Perspectives
Counterpoint: As college graduates, we are Urban Prep’s reputation
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As Black boys from the “hood,” we weren’t supposed to succeed in college but we did because of Urban Prep, a group of alumni write in a response to criticism of the school.
Perspectives
The SAT’s new ‘adversity score’ is a poor fix for a problematic test
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The College Board is adding a new ‘adversity score’ to the SAT to take students’ socioeconomic backgrounds into account. Will the move correct long-standing disparities in the college entrance exam?
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Miguel del Valle could mark the end of a school board of ‘yes men’
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick to head the Chicago Board of Education has a long record of independence in advocating for public education and neighborhood schools.
Perspectives
Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
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Urban Prep Academy in Chicago made a name by boasting about its 100% college acceptance rates for graduating seniors. A founding teacher at Urban Prep explains why that statistic is misleading.