Chicago Public Schools fails its students in almost every way. Less than 2 in 10 minority students can read at grade level. Hundreds of new sexual abuse and misconduct cases by district staff are reported every year. The district’s leaders want to close down successful selective-enrollment schools. The Chicago Teachers Union is gearing up for new contract negotiations that could cost Chicagoans tens of billions of dollars. And with Catholic schools closing across the metro area, parents are losing access to some of the few alternatives to the broken public system.
With that in mind, what can be done to save the educational futures of Chicago’s children? Join Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski as he participates in an education roundtable discussion hosted by Seeking Educational Excellence (SEE).
Other panelists include Shaka Rawls, Principal of LEO Catholic High School; T; Gerald J. Morrow – Former Principal of Dunbar Vocational Career Academy; Rosita Chatonda, Founding President of Teach for the Future Inc.; and Natasha Dunn, a CPS Parent and co-founder of the Black Community Collaborative.
The Education Roundtable
- DATE: Tuesday, April 16
- TIME: 6 – 8pm
- LOCATION: Project HOOD, 6620 South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive Chicago, IL 60637
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Allow and promote Parent Choice and allow parents to chose the school they want their children to attend and where their Tax dollars go. Allow parents to choose private schools as well as alternatives and home schooling. The exit from CPS would help provide parents with choices and would definitely impact CPS. Well, we can’t have that…So, naturally, the fat man killed the School Choice program to force the continued funding into a failing school system. All this does is kick the can down the road and extend the problem. Close CPS and start again. Merge together hundreds of the… Read more »
What can “we do?” Probably nothing. Those that can, namely Chicago voting individuals, are the ones that can. Many of those voters are either parents or related to students within the district. Do they not care about the future for these students? Based upon election attendance statistics one might easily opine that the majority could care less. In any event “we” can not do much of anything and it appears the Chicago voting populace could care less so I certainly wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for things to change. it just ain’t in the cards until the voters demand changes.
Just as the citizens of Chicago want change, the smoker wants to quit smoking, the drinker wants to quit drinking, the junkie wants to quit junk, the obese wants to lose weight. But they never do. And that’s why we are where we are.
Pick a school anywhere and find out what percentage of students come from two parent homes with a wage earner and you’ll be able to predict the students’ success fairly accurately. The middle class has abandoned CPS for the most part.
A bargain at $30,000 per year per student.
While you jest, I have a feeling in a few years it will look like a bargain.
Stop voting for Democrats is a good start.
What can we do? We can start by cleaning house and getting rid of RINOs. This includes getting rid of RINOs in media, too.
Where’s that darn purple?
The answer is of course pay the teachers more, highest in the nation is just not high enough!
My idea is promote Khan Academy and home school. If the parents also need help with education they can learn together. I spoke to many who home school and they use Khan Academy and are pleased with the ease of learning. Costs nothing to find out.
Freddy, I am a huge fan of Khan. My son and I used it for lots of stuff, especially math and coding. Really good.