At Hamline Elementary in Back of the Yards, showing up and wearing masks are a snap. But can Hamline pinpoint students’ academic holes and fill them?
Tag: Chicago Public Schools
Could 100,000+ CPS Students Drop Out?
After a full year of pandemic schooling, data show that nearly a third of CPS students could become truant. Truancy–lateness, skipping school, cutting class–is the top of the slippery slope that leads to dropping out.
Want Chicago’s Kids Back In-Person this Fall? We Must Talk to Families This Summer
CPS and individual schools must keep talking with families through the summer. Community visits and school-based meetings could reduce fears.
Compromise Elected School Board Bill Passes Illinois Senate; Must Return to House
In the last minutes of this year’s legislative session, Springfield took a big step toward creating an elected school board in Chicago.
This School Called DCFS on a Mom and Teacher Because Her Son Was Picked Up 7 Minutes Late
JaNay Dodson, a Chicago Public Schools teacher and mom, was unable to pick up her 10-year-old son Braylin from Inter-American Magnet School in Lakeview earlier this month because she was teaching a class of her own. She called her brother, who left work and got Braylin for her. No harm, no foul—families help each other out of jams, right? Wrong.…
Teaching Editorial Writing to High School Students
This virtual workshop helps high-school teachers understand how to help their students write and read sophisticated editorials in the 21st century. You may attend on either Saturday, March 20 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., or on Wednesday March 24, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. To register, click here. With no more than 24 other teachers, participants will learn guiding…
With Today’s Sick-Out, Parents Demand CPS Show Some ‘TLC’ to Students
The CPS reopening plan offers families two poor choices: two in-person days with hybrid, or stay remote with less live teacher time. It’s time to address the learning needs of students.
Neither the Pandemic Nor Remote Learning Stops Kidz Express from Helping West Side Kids
Across the country, educators, kids and families have experienced major disruptions due to the pandemic – ones they are still undergoing. Here in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, Kidz Express offers direct support for kids and families. Through tutoring and homework help, we support their teachers, too. Kidz Express began when our two founders, Duane Ehresman and Warren King, were looking for…