The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ data on Chicago Public Schools’ student reading proficiencies in its new editorial criticizing the district’s decision to end selective enrollment schools. The board says those schools are on the chopping block because their success undermines the union line that public schools merely need more money.
Read the WSJ editorial: The Equality of Failure in Chicago*
The schools are a beacon for children from all neighborhoods, and admission is weighted to allocate spots among different income groups. The idea is to bring in high achievers from all backgrounds, ensuring that children from difficult circumstances can thrive. At Jones College Prep High School, 91% of students read at grade level. At Northside College Prep, 92% do, according to Wirepoints and the Illinois State Board of Education.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- In the name of equity, Chicago looks to close schools with top-performing black, Hispanic students
- RIP Norman Lear. Fifty years ago he scorned Chicago Public Schools for its failures. His criticisms still matter today.
- States supporting Universal School Choice increasingly surround Illinois. Tennessee next.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
More proof that CTU is a terrorist organization. The lazy primordial slime of this collective have a special place in hell waiting for them.
Good news for Chicago suburbs. They will continue to see some appreciation in their home values due to people fleeing Chicago. Of course, the collapse of Chicago will eventually take down all of Illinois.
Not exactly. Evanston Township High School has implemented AP classes for POC only. I thought separate but equal was the canard successfully reigned in through the Civil Rights Act(s). Apparently a social justice warriors work is never done. SMH
Segregation. No other word for it. Guess that’s OK now… Why not separate buildings, buses, bathrooms, water fountains…oh wait, been there done that…changed it. Now we are back on that road…Makes no sense.