By CTU Communications | April 27, 2017 | Further Reading
File under: Budget, disinvestment, Immigration, opportunities to learn, school counselors
This week, we’re reading about CPS’s lack of plans to back their new mandates, how communities are fighting back against racist immigration policy, and how institutional racism impacts the ways students of color learn math. 1. What Will Happen if Schools... 
By Sarah Rothschild | August 4, 2016 | Justice, Schools
File under: incarceration, Poverty, school counselors, school-to-prison pipeline, Social Workers, state budget
The Illinois prison population has doubled in the last twenty-five years, mostly due to the “war on drugs,” and incarceration rates tend to be concentrated in high-poverty communities. CPS does not have enough social workers or counselors to help students…
By CTU Communications | September 25, 2015 | Justice, Schools
File under: school counselors, school-to-prison pipeline, Social Workers, suspensions
While researchers have known for years that African-American students are more likely to be suspended than their peers of other races, a new report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) dives deeper into who is getting suspended, and why, in CPS.
By Pavlyn Jankov | June 8, 2015 | Schools
File under: class action suit, school counselors, Social Workers
A suit filed last month by students, parents and teachers of Compton Unified School District (CUSD) charges the school district for abrogating their responsibility to provide equal access to education for students who have experienced complex trauma. The class-action...
