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.
Education
Over 160,000 eligible low-income students denied MAP grants last year
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More than half of applicants for Illinois’ Monetary Award Program, which helps poor students pay for college tuition, were turned away in the 2016-17 school year due to a lack of state funding.
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.
Behind the Data
How we researched Chicago student transfer patterns
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About a third of students leaving segregated, low-income Chicago schools end up back in majority black and poor suburban schools, our analysis shows.
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.