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Home » neighborhood schools

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Posted inNews & Politics

Striking teachers say paychecks are the least of their problems

by Maya Dukmasova October 17, 2019August 18, 2021

At an Englewood elementary school, teachers and staff describe working conditions that hurt kids most.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the name-dropper

by Steve Bogira September 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Barack Obama College Prep becomes a school to be named later.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm’s alderman explains why Chicagoans will now have to pay more taxes to get less

by Mick Dumke June 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Ameya Pawar, alderman of the 47th Ward, says the city’s pension obligations and budget problems are forcing “really tough choices.”

Wells is making progress. Attendance and the on-track rate for graduation are better than they've been in years, and course failures have fallen.
Posted inNews & Politics

The trials of a neighborhood high school

by Steve Bogira May 6, 2014August 18, 2021

Wells Community Academy in West Town has many problems—and some rare successes. Can it survive?

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and 26th Ward alderman Roberto Maldonado are behind the conversion of Ames Middle School into a military academy.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School

by Ben Joravsky February 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy.

As other schools suffer major cuts, 43rd Ward alderman Michele Smith says the proposed expansion of Lincoln Elementary "expands opportunity."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm says the schools are out of money—but not for Lincoln Park

by Ben Joravsky November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Rahm says the schools are out of money—but not for Lincoln Park.

Sandro and Sue Serra (left), Ryan Zoghlin and Melissa Moore (middle), and Jackie (right) and Johnny (not pictured) Strapp all left Chicago to enroll their children in higher-performing suburban public schools.
Posted inNews & Politics

Three families tell us why they ditched CPS

by Steve Bogira September 24, 2013August 19, 2021

When push comes to shove, the city’s middle-class parents often shove off for the suburbs.

Nicholas Sposato, alderman of the 36th Ward, says of UNO: "I just want to make sure they're living up to their deal."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Who got in to the UNO school built with clout?

by Ben Joravsky September 24, 2013August 19, 2021

After a new charter school opened in his ward, an alderman wants to know which kids have benefited.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How I spent my summer break: Firing teachers

by Ben Joravsky August 13, 2013August 19, 2021

A Chicago principal explains how she spent her summer break: Firing teachers.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce school closings in a few weeks.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Waiting for the day of judgment from Mayor Emanuel

by Ben Joravsky March 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel’s threat to close a quarter of Chicago’s public grammar schools has the city in a tizzy.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel will soon make his next move in the plan to close Chicago schools.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Chicago manual of school closings

by Ben Joravsky January 22, 2013August 18, 2021

A close look at how Chicago officials shutter public schools

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Keeping up with the Jones high school plans

by Ben Joravsky January 8, 2013August 18, 2021

How Mayor Emanuel could turn Jones high into a neighborhood school

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