Empty Schools, Empty Promises
As closed schools go up for sale, transparency issues persist
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At Chicago Public Schools’ first meeting with potential buyers, up-to-date information on the buildings remains hard to come by.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
In Kansas City, a lesson in transforming closed schools
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Both Chicago and Kansas City carried out mass school closures in poor, black neighborhoods, but they had vastly different approaches to repurposing them.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Behind sale of closed schools, a legacy of segregation
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Four years after mass school closures on the South and West sides, the district dashes community’s say in repurposing the vacant buildings.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Is Illinois’ school funding discriminatory? Urban League pushes for court ruling
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Eight years later, a lawsuit arguing that the state’s system of funding public education violates minority students’ civil rights presses forward.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Emanuel’s CPS budget solution raises more questions than answers
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The mayor’s last minute offering of TIF funds highlights the need for transparency and a long-term plan to fund public education in Chicago.
Education
‘Decimated’ services for traumatized Chicago students to get federal funding
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A new $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will support more mental health services at 10 high schools on the South and West sides of the city, where students are at high risk of exposure to violence.
Education
Undocumented students benefit most from free City Colleges program
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In its first year, the Chicago Star Scholarship was most helpful to public school students who didn’t qualify for federal financial aid.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
To address gun violence, there are better investments than cops
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel should combat the root causes of youth gun violence by better funding school social workers and counselors, early childhood education, and mental health clinics.
Education
Rising black graduation rate jeopardized by funding cuts in Chicago
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High schools that enroll black and Latino students are making progress in raising graduation rates. But the gap between black and white students, especially males, remains wide.
Empty Schools, Empty Promises
Interactive map: Closed schools still burden distressed Chicago neighborhoods
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Black neighborhoods with a legacy of disinvestment and segregation struggle to repurpose shuttered schools.