Because of my deep experience in Chicago’s schools, friends and friends of friends sometimes call and ask me, “Is my neighborhood school a good school?” Or, “My child did not get into a selective enrollment high school. Should they go to Noble Charter?” Unfortunately, the real answer is, whether neighborhood, charter or selective enrollment, there is no perfect school. I…
Author: Aida Flores
From Teenage Mother to Harvard Grad to Just Another Chicago Parent Looking for the Right School
In August 2017, my firstborn was about to start her senior year at Whitney Young. Meanwhile, my toddler was about to begin his educational journey. The 14 year-age gap between my children spans my educational journey from teenage mother to graduate of Georgetown and Harvard. My daughter was born when I was 14 years old. In the summer of 2005,…