One person in each school building trained to prevent and address sexual assault does not equal a culture change.
Tag: Chicago Tribune
What ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Means for My Black Daughters and the Schools They Attend
As the Black mother of two Black girls, I am always acutely aware of how Black girls are harmed in this society. However, there are some moments in America, when it is amplified that me and my girls, are truly at the bottom of the totem pole of those deemed in need of protecting. This weekend, the Lifetime docu-series, “Surviving…
This Week In CPS: Talking Local Education Reporting
If you’re reading this post, please join City Bureau and Chalkbeat Chicago this Thursday night at Public Newsroom 75 to talk about local education reporting. The event will be held at the Mikva Challenge offices, 200 S. Michigan, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Here are the key questions for conversation: How can journalists cover schools in a way that is…
Why isn’t Chicago’s violence crisis treated like suburban heroin epidemic?
We are accustomed to seeing grieving mothers who have lost a son to violence. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t come upon a video on a newspaper website, on social media or local TV news of a woman at the scene of a shooting, screaming to hold her child one last time. Her tears are genuine and her…
Lost Accountability
I want to reminisce a little bit. There used to be a glorious time when youth were able to ride bikes, jump double-dutch and play Hide and Seek with their only concern being the street lights coming on – indicating that it was time to go in the house. Nowadays, some youth are missing out on the simple joys of…
A Walk-Out Isn’t Going to Help the Kids and Families in Chicago Public Schools
It’s Election Day in Illinois; the greatest emblem of participation in our democracy and civic life. I guess that’s why it struck me as extremely ironic when I read on the Chicago Tribune website that the Chicago Teachers Union has doubled down on its plan to implement what amounts to a one-day strike on April 1st. It seems that the…
Chicago Public Schools considers 21 additional charter schools
The Chicago Tribune reports that the Chicago Board of Education is set to consider as many as 21 proposals for new charter schools. As you’ll see in the article, the rhetoric is already heating up. But, the state has no budget and no vision for correcting its decades-long failure to adequately fund schools. Pension debt is expanding at the rate…