Tag: CPS

• Parents risk dying for Dyett and neighborhood public schools #FightforDyett #WeSupportDyett12

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  September 9, 2015

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  School Turnaround

  Parents and community members are entering the 4th week of a hunger strike in Chicago. While the issues may seem at first glance specific to Dyett High School, the protest is really about the top-down, private control school reform regime in Chicago and elsewhere. In essence the parents are demanding An open-enrollment neighborhood public school.…

  

• School Closure and Race Infographic: Something fishy going on in Chicago?

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  April 21, 2013

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  African Americans, Charter Schools, School Finance, School Turnaround

  As discussed in an earlier post, I travelled last week to Chicago for a panel discussion on Reframing Reform: Achieving Equity and Excellence in Public Education held by The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. As you might expect, the Chicago Public School closures was a prominent part of the conversation. Jitu Brown, a parent and community organizer in…