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Johnson said Wednesday he would defer to elected Local School Councils at individual schools, who are responsible for voting on whether to keep officers.
A group of African American leaders is trying to stop the closure of a once-lauded Chicago charter school for Black boys.
She left the job a week after the Chicago Teachers Union demanded she resign because of “dismal failures to protect the district’s most vulnerable students.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson says he opposes closing schools and our investigation shows they didn’t help students or communities. We explore the alternatives.
A Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation found school officials failed to protect these welcoming schools and the $155 million invested in them.
A Sun-Times and WBEZ analysis shows the 2013 school closings “didn’t do anything to fix all the structural inequalities that are leading to lower outcomes in the first place.”
Chicago Public Schools board members say the new policy focuses on improving teaching and learning and creating an optimal educational experience.