CPS had to postpone a high-stakes test after the testing platform crashed during the exams. The exam is used to determine which students will secure a seat in one of the district's selective enrollment schools. District leaders addressed the glitch, saying "CPS leadership is working with our ...
The budget proposal released today shows a new open-enrollment high school somewhere on the city's Near West Side. The new school was announced as part of $247 million in proposed building renovations and new construction. CPS is also planning a new building for Hancock High School, a select...
CPS maintains 18 schools, including 12 high schools, that were less than 20 percent utilized in the previous academic year. 161 CPS schools were less than 50 percent utilized. The most empty schools are deeply segregated; of the 12 most disenrolled high schools, only one school last year ser...
School officials said moving away from a focus on selective enrollment schools would improve and lead to better investment in neighborhood schools. They also emphasized that the resolution does not amount to a vote to close selective-enrollment, magnet, or charter schools. Still, some charter...
Johnson thanked the current board members for their service, and said he trusts the new board members to continue the plan for CPS to prioritize neighborhood schools over charter schools and selective enrollment schools as part of the district's 5-year strategic plan, which was approved by the ...
Teachers said the ISAT is no longer a factor in student promotion, graduation, or enrollment in selective-enrollment schools, so it makes no sense to force students to take it. Next year, the ISAT will be replaced by two new standardized tests – one to determine promotion in grades thre...