Sarah Karp | WBEZ
A couple dozen Black leaders attended Thursday’s Board of Education meeting to ask for a committee that would develop a strategy to help Black students academically.
In-class tutors, hands-on lessons and labs aim to develop problem-solving skills, make math fun.
Using restorative practices, rather than exclusion from classes, led to a significant reduction in suspensions and arrests, a new study found.
Stacy Davis Gates is facing backlash for the move. She says it represents a stark statement about disinvestment in public schools.
By early Wednesday afternoon, the heat index — a measure of what the temperature feels like when factoring in humidity — was at 116, tying July 14, 1995, for second-highest heat index on record for the city’s climate site.
After a seemingly quick summer break and ahead of a forecast heatwave this week, students, parents and leaders kick off the school year with “the same level of energy across the whole city of Chicago,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday.
Chicago Public Schools open Monday with a new mayor and a school board who want to shake up how the school district is run.
Nine principals have been removed pending discipline or investigations into “serious misconduct” in recent years. Of those, six are Black men.
The newly seated board, hand-picked by Mayor Johnson, leans heavily on activists with experience in organizing and with nonprofit groups.