A Silver Lining In Chicago?
Now here’s something that runs counter to perceptions about families of school age children living in Chicago. Crib Chatter reported on a recent article in Crain’s Chicago Business saying parents are trapped in Chicago because they are unable to sell their houses and move to what is considered the more child-friendly suburbs (better schools, safer … Read more
Cause of The Urban School Problem
The Chicago Tribune today contained this commentary by Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane. Duncan and Murnane explain why economic inequality is the real root of learning disparity between students in urban schools and elsewhere. What to do? Early investment in children through quality pre-school programs. But the issue of economic inequality needs to be directly addressed through economic … Read more
Back To School
Since the start of this millennium Detroit closed dozens of schools as the city’s population dropped 25% from 951,000 in 2000 to 714,000 in 2010. Detroit has squirmed in trying to deal with this crisis. Find alternatives to public education as we know it? What do we do for those whom the alternatives are not available? When … Read more
Opportunity In Detroit
Today’s Free Press reported on the continuing attempts to save public education in Detroit. 45 additional schools are now being proposed for charter. Detroit Public Schools data projects it will serve 58,000 students in 2014. In the late 1990s 175,000 attended its schools. As its public education shrinks, Detroit’s children will yet need to learn. Who will … Read more
