On Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 1871 CEO Howard Tullman and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Education Officer Dr. Janice Jackson were at Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts in Washington Park to announce an innovative program that will provide high school students with lessons on entrepreneurship in technology by prominent local entrepreneurs. This […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3x_06t2IaU Once again, the prince of Chicago hip hop, Chance The Rapper has blessed another group of Chicago Public Schools with major contributions to the performance arts programs. His in-person announcement at Paul Roberson High School in West Englewood brought a room filled with media and press awaiting his latest announcement on Friday afternoon. The […]
Inspiring the Next Generation: Why Mentoring Students Matters Defender Guest Columnist, Johnell Williams Since my first day at Ombudsman four years ago, I have done my best to educate and inspire our students. As an Assistant Dean in the School Support Office and a Sports Director, my philosophy is to appreciate what we have, and […]
On Tuesday, the Chicago Urban League released the second part in a series of research that examines the historic and current factors that support the practice and maintenance of racial segregation and its impact on Chicago’s African-American communities. The study, titled The Impact of Racial Residential Segregation on Education in a “No Excuses” Environment, examines […]
‘Hamilton’ Connects With 1,900 CPS Students and Teachers Last week, close to 1,900 students and teachers from 30 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) attended the matinée performance of the musical Hamilton at Broadway In Chicago’s The PrivateBank Theatre. This was the first series of 10 all-student matinée performances launched in 2017 that will treat 20,000 Chicago-area […]
Year in Review 2016: A Critical Year for Chicago State, CTU Defender Contributing Writer, Erick Johnson Chicago State University is limping its way through the school year as the predominantly Black school faces a year-end deficit that may force officials to slash expenses to keep the school afloat. The latest development in CSU’s financial woes […]
Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have yet to reach a negotiation as of Monday morning. If an agreement is not reached by end-of-day, CTU plans to keep its Tuesday strike date. The union’s teachers have been working without a contract since the end of June 2015 — the contract signed after the […]
Now in its 11th year, the Stay in School initiative has helped thousands of Chicago Public School students excel. Exelon, ComEd and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago created the initiative to fight the city’s dropout and truancy rates in various Chicago Public Schools. Since its inception, Stay in School and its six community partners […]
The Chicago Public Schools season is in high gear going into its third week, and the tension between the teachers and CPS may be just as high. Chicago teachers are entering the second year without a contract with CPS. As CPS CEO Forrest Claypool repeatedly says, there are no additional funds to meet the contractual […]
Chicago Public School’s 2016 graduates earned a record-breaking $1.16 billion in scholarship offers. The 2016 class’ total scholarships constitute a 20 percent jump in scholarship dollars…
