Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/school-funding/)
The latest Springfield scandal shouldn’t stop the drive for a graduated income tax to fund programs that promote equity and opportunity as Illinois contends with unprecedented crises and growing income inequality.
In an interview with The Chicago Reporter, the local organizer explains why ongoing mass demonstrations in response to the police killing of George Floyd are different from those about Laquan McDonald five years ago.
The fear of black students and white savior ideology in educators and policymakers is keeping police in under-resourced schools despite their role in the school-to-prison pipeline and the well-known harm to students.
The Education Department is reinterpreting rules Congress wrote for how public school systems should share federal dollars with private schools.
Irrational scare tactics and myths shouldn’t obscure a proposal that will determine whether the state can move beyond its perpetual fiscal crisis and begin to fund education adequately.
Teachers’ unions often say they go on strike to improve conditions for students. A closer look at recent walkouts suggests they are also fighting for something else: membership.
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.
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.
All of the proposals are important, but addressing the affordable housing shortfall will require that the Chicago Housing Authority return to its original mission of directly providing housing.
In a media misinformation blitz, the outgoing mayor rewrites his record on police reform and schools.